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KIRKHEAD CAVE: BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY
Author(s) -
GALE S. J.,
HUNT C. O.,
SOUTHGATE G. A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1984.tb00333.x
Subject(s) - colonisation , palynology , paleontology , geology , glacial period , cave , biostratigraphy , magnetostratigraphy , archaeology , pollen , geography , ecology , biology , paleomagnetism , colonization
Existing hypotheses concerning the speed and timing of the recolonisation of Britain by man after the last glaciation have largely been developed in the absence of securely‐dated Later Upper Palaeolithic (LUP) sites in the marginal areas of colonisation. In Kirkhead Cave, the most important LUP site in northern England, palynological, molluscan and palaeomagnetic evidence indicate that LUP occupation did not commence until mid‐pollen zone III of the Late‐glacial. This suggests later and slower colonisation of marginal areas than indicated by previous hypotheses.