Dhaba: An initial report on an Acheulean, Middle Palaeolithic and microlithic locality in the Middle Son Valley, north-central India

Quaternary International

Volumn 258, Issue , 2012, Pages 191-199

  Haslam, Michael ^a   Harris, Clair ^b   Clarkson, Chris ^b   Pal, J N ^c   Shipton, Ceri ^b   Crowther, Alison ^a   Koshy, Jinu ^d   Bora, Janardhana ^d   Ditchfield, Peter ^a   Ram, Harindra Prasad ^e   Price, Kathryn ^a   Dubey, A K ^e   Petraglia, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^d KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PALEOLITHIC; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TEPHRA; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

INDIA; SON VALLEY;

EID: 84859265765     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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