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More dating evidence for human remains in British caves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Andrew T. Chamberlain
Andrew T. Chamberlain*
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Department of Archaeology & Prehistory, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 4ET, England. E-mail: [email protected]
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ANTIQUITY's recent report on direct radiocarbon dates for human bone from Welsh caves had them concentrated in two distinct Postglacial periods. The larger pattern for Britain as a whole is also striking.

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Antiquity , Volume 70 , Issue 270 , December 1996 , pp. 950 - 953
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1996

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