Early Devensian (MIS 5d-5b) occupation at Dartford, southeast England

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1193-1199

  Wenban Smith, Francis F ^a   Bates, Martin R ^b   Schwenninger, Jean Luc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Buried land surface; Devensian; Middle Palaeolithic; MIS 5; Neanderthal; NW Europe

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DEVENSIAN; GLACIATION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE;

DARTFORD CREEK; ENGLAND; KENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

MENTHA;

EID: 78649597772     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1447     Document Type: Article

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