Riparian landscapes and human habitat preferences during the Hoxnian (MIS 11) Interglacial

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 497-505

  Ashton, Nick ^a   Lewis, Simon G ^b   Parfitt, Simon ^c,d   White, Mark ^e  

^a BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

East Anglia; Hoxnian; Lower Palaeolithic; MIS 11

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HABITAT; HOXNIAN; LANDSCAPE; PALEOLITHIC; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

EAST ANGLIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33746139610     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1032     Document Type: Article

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