Late persistence of the Acheulian in southern Britain in an MIS 8 interstadial: Evidence from Harnham, Wiltshire

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-176

  Bates, M R ^a   Wenban Smith, F F ^b   Bello, S M ^c   Bridgland, D R ^d   Buck, L T ^c,e   Collins, M J ^f   Keen, D H ^g   Leary, J ^h   Parfitt, S A ^c,i   Penkman, K ^f   Rhodes, E ^j   Ryssaert, C ^k   Whittaker, J E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k ODIN   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Acheulian; Handaxes; Middle Pleistocene environment; MIS 8; Molluscs; Northwest European Lower Middle Palaeolithic; Ostracods; Undisturbed occupation; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE; MAMMALS; MOLLUSCS; RIVERS; ANIMALS; EMPLOYMENT;

ACHEULIAN; HANDAXES; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; NORTHWEST EUROPEAN LOWER/MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC; OSTRACODS; UNDISTURBED OCCUPATION; VERTEBRATES;

EMPLOYMENT; RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERSTADIAL; LAND SURFACE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERSISTENCE; ACHEULEAN; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDROCK; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIVALVE; COLD TOLERANCE; FLOODPLAIN; OCCUPATION; OSTRACOD; RIVER BANK;

UNITED KINGDOM; ENGLAND; WILTSHIRE;

MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84905382628     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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