Excavations at the Lower Palaeolithic site at Elveden, Suffolk, UK

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society

Volumn 71, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-61

  Ashton, Nick ^a   Lewis, Simon ^b   Parfitt, Simon ^b,c   Candy, Ian ^d   Keen, David ^e   Kemp, Rob ^d   Penkman, Kirsty ^f   Thomas, Gill ^g   Whittaker, John ^c   White, Mark ^h  

^a BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^h DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33746159138     PISSN: 0079497X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1017/s0079497x00000943     Document Type: Article

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