Middle Palaeolithic subsistence: The role of hominins at Lynford, Norfolk, UK

Quaternary International

Volumn 252, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-81

  Smith, Geoff M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BONE; DOMINANCE; LAND USE; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MAMMOTH; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLITHIC; PALEONTOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SUBSISTENCE; TAPHONOMY;

ENGLAND; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

BISON; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84856599128     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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