Bridging the gap: a terrestrial view of shallow marine sequences and the importance of the transition zone

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1537-1551

  Bates, Martin R ^a   Richard Bates, C ^b   Briant, Rebecca M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlation; English Channel; Geophysics; Palaeolithic archaeology; Pleistocene; Raised beaches; River terraces; Shallow marine; West Sussex

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; PALEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; RIVER TERRACE; TRANSITION ZONE;

ENGLAND; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; SUSSEX; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447104502     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.02.027     Document Type: Article

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