Lower and Early Middle Pleistocene Acheulian in the Indian sub-continent

Quaternary International

Volumn 223-224, Issue , 2010, Pages 234-241

  Gaillard, Claire ^a   Mishra, Sheila ^b   Singh, Mukesh ^c   Deo, Sushama ^b   Abbas, Riza ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Pune   (India)

^c Society for Archaeological and Anthropological Research   (India)

^d A division of Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies IIRNS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OCCUPATION; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE;

INDIA;

GALIUM APARINE;

EID: 77956060971     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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