Late Neanderthal occupation in North-West Europe: Rediscovery, investigation and dating of a last glacial sediment sequence at the site of La Cotte de Saint Brelade, Jersey

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 647-652

  Bates, Martin ^a   Pope, Matthew ^b   Shaw, Andrew ^c   Scott, Beccy ^d   Schwenninger, Jean Luc ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jersey; La Cotte de Saint Brelade; Neanderthal; OSL dating

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

CHANNEL ISLANDS [UNITED KINGDOM]; JERSEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84885824518     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2669     Document Type: Article

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