Dealul guran: Evidence for lower palaeolithic (MIS 11) occupation of the lower danube loess steppe

Antiquity

Volumn 86, Issue 334, 2012, Pages 973-989

  Iovita, Radu ^a,b   Fitzsimmons, Kathryn E ^b   Dobos, Adrian ^c   Hambach, Ulrich ^d   Hilgers, Alexandra ^e   Zander, Anja ^e  

^a Monrepos Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for the   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe; Hominin; Lithics; Lower Palaeolithic; Mode 1; OSL dating; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872041899     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00048195     Document Type: Article

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