A Lower Palaeolithic industry from the Cromerian (MIS 13) Baginton Formation of Waverley Wood and Wood Farm Pits, Bubbenhall, Warwickshire, UK

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 457-470

  Keen, David H ^a   Hardaker, Terry ^b   Lang, Alexander T O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Oxford ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bytham river; Cromerian; Handaxe; Lower Palaeolithic; MIS 13

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CROMERIAN; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; PROVENANCE;

COVENTRY [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WARWICKSHIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746138504     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1047     Document Type: Article

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