On the depositional environment of Lower Palaeolithic horizons at the prehistoric site of Attirampakkam, Tamil Nadu

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 114-118

  Gunnell, Y ^a   Rajshekhar, C ^b   Pappu, S ^c   Taieb, M ^d   Kumar, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Sharma Centre for Heritage Education   (India)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Acheulian; Homonin; Palaeolithic; Prehistoric sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746623968     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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