Terrestrial implications for the maritime geoarchaeological resource: A view from the Lower Palaeolithic

Journal of Maritime Archaeology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-23

  Hosfield, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Formation processes; Lower Palaeolithic; Maritime; Palaeogeography

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448933529     PISSN: 15572285     EISSN: 15572293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11457-007-9013-7     Document Type: Article

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