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More from the cutting edge: further discoveries of Clactonian bifaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John McNabb
John McNabb*
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Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, England
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Abstract

An important step in our knowledge of the British Lower Palaeolithic has been the finding that its two recognized components, ‘Clactonian’ and ‘Acheulean’, are not ranged into a simple sequence; the exact relationship between the two is the subject of much debate. What does this do to interpretations of Swanscombe, classic site of the Lower Thames Valley, which has been studied in terms of stratigraphic succession?

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Antiquity , Volume 70 , Issue 268 , June 1996 , pp. 428 - 436
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1996

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