The lithic industries on the fossiliferous outcrops of the Late Pliocene Masol Formation, Siwalik Frontal Range, northwestern India (Punjab)

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 341-357

  Gaillard, Claire ^a   Singh, Mukesh ^b   Malassé, Anne Dambricourt ^a   Bhardwaj, Vipnesh ^b   Karir, Baldev ^b   Kaur, Amandeep ^b   Pal, Surinder ^b   Moigne, Anne Marie ^c   Chapon Sao, Cécile ^a   Abdessadok, Salah ^a   Gargani, Julien ^d   Tudryn, Alina ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Society for Archaeological and Anthropological Research   (India)

^c Centre Européen de Recherches Préhistoriques   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Chopper; Simple technology; Siwalik frontal range; South asia; Split; Sub himalayan floodplain

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; ANTICLINE; BONE; FOSSIL; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HOMOGENEITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLIOCENE; QUARTZITE; SANDSTONE; SILT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRENCH;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SIWALIK HILLS;

BOVIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84960093950     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.09.017     Document Type: Article

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