Bronze Age barrows at Longstone Edge: Taphonomy and site formation

Quaternary International

Volumn 275, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-54

  Andrews, Peter ^a   Fernandez Jalvo, Yolanda ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BRONZE AGE; ECOSYSTEM; FAUNA; LIMESTONE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAPHONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84865962587     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.06.041     Document Type: Article

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