A Lateglacial archaeological site in the far north-west of Europe at Rubha Port an t-Seilich, Isle of Islay, western Scotland: Ahrensburgian-style artefacts, absolute dating and geoarchaeology

• Main Authors: Mithen, S, Wicks, K, Pirie, A, Riede, F, Lane, C, Banerjea, R, Cullen, V, Gittins, M, Pankhurst, N
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Ahrensburgian culture; Lateglacial; stratified sediments; tephra; western Scotland; Greenland; The Arch; Islay
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/261327; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.6498

© 2015 The Authors.The exact pattern, process and timing of the human re-colonization of northern Europe after the end of the last Ice Age remain controversial. Recent research has provided increasingly early dates for at least pioneer explorations of latitudes above 54°N in many regions, yet the fa...