The environmental contexts of early human occupation of northwest Europe: The British Lower Palaeolithic record

Quaternary International

Volumn 271, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-64

  Ashton, Nick ^a   Lewis, Simon G ^b  

^a BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

EUROPE;

HOMO ANTECESSOR; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS;

EID: 84864825240     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.10.022     Document Type: Article

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