Untermassfeld - Or the struggle for finding the earliest traces of human occupation in Central Europe: A comment on: "Hominin dispersals from the Jaramillo subchron in central and south-western Europe: Untermassfeld (Germany) and Vallparadís (Spain)" by J. Garcia et al., Quaternary International 316 (2013), pp. 73-93

Quaternary International

Volumn 337, Issue , 2014, Pages 254-256

  Baales, Michael ^a,b  

^a LWL Archaeologie fuer Westfalen ^*  (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Lower Palaeolithic; Research history; Untermassfeld

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903131361     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.05.021     Document Type: Note

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