Intertidal Holocene footprints and their archaeological significance

Antiquity

Volumn 70, Issue 269, 1996, Pages 647-651

  Roberts, Gordon ^a   Gonzalez, Silvia ^a   Huddart, David ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85011519637     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 17451744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00083770     Document Type: Article

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