New data on the chronology of the Vale do Forno sedimentary sequence (Lower Tejo River terrace staircase) and its relevance as a fluvial archive of the Middle Pleistocene in western Iberia

The Vale do Forno archaeological sites (Alpiarça, central Portugal) document the earliest human occupation in the Lower Tejo River, well established in geomorphological and environmental terms, within the Middle Pleistocene. In a staircase of six fluvial terraces, the Palaeolithic sites were found o...

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Main Author: Cunha, Pedro P. (author)
Other Authors: Martins, António A. (author), Buylaert, Jan-Pieter (author), Murray, Andrew S. (author), Raposo, Luis (author), Mozzi, Paolo (author), Stokes, Martin (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Palaeolithic
Acheulean
Middle Pleistocene
Geomorphology
Luminescence dating
Fluvial terraces
River Tejo
Iberia
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/79883
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/79883

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http://hdl.handle.net/10316/79883

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