Holocene human and animal footprints and their relationships with coastal environmental change, Formby Point, NW England

Authors
Huddart, D Roberts, G Gonzalez, S
Citation
D. Huddart et al., Holocene human and animal footprints and their relationships with coastal environmental change, Formby Point, NW England, QUATERN INT, 55, 1999, pp. 29-41
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
ISSN journal
10406182 → ACNP
Volume
55
Year of publication
1999
Pages
29 - 41
Database
ISI
SICI code
1040-6182(1999)55:<29:HHAAFA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Human and animal footprints and tracks exposed in the intertidal zone on th e Formby coast are described. Their distribution, age and stratigraphic and palaeoecological setting in relation to Holocene coastal environmental cha nge is discussed. The regional significance of these prints and their relat ionship to human and animal bones found in the intertidal zone is discussed and their relationship to the local archaeological record is summarised. ( C) 1999 INQUA/Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.