Hominid colonisation and the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic of the West Midlands

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society

Volumn 71, Issue , 2005, Pages 63-83

  Lang, A T O ^a,b   Keen, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33746128583     PISSN: 0079497X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1017/s0079497x00000955     Document Type: Article

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