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Davis R, Lewis SG, Hatch M, Ashton N, Voinchet P, Bahain J-J, Dale L, Foulds F et al. ( 2024 ) . A revised terrace stratigraphy and chronology for the Little Ouse River as a framework for interpreting the late Lower and early Middle Palaeolithic of central East Anglia, UK . Quaternary Environments and Humans vol. 2 , ( 6 )
Davis R, Ashton N, Bynoe R, Craven J, Ferguson R, Gardner I, Grimmer T, Harris C et al. ( 2023 ) . Middle Palaeolithic occupation of the southern North Sea Basin: evidence from the Sandscaping sediments emplaced on the beach between Bacton and Walcott, Norfolk, UK . Journal of Quaternary Science vol. 38 , ( 6 ) 866 - 890 .
Horne D, Ashton N, Benardout G, Brooks S, Coope R, Holmes J, Lewis S, Parfitt S et al. ( 2022 ) . A terrestrial record of climate variation during MIS 11 through multi-proxy palaeotemperature reconstructions from Hoxne, UK . Quaternary Research
( 2022 ) . Discussion on excavations at the Lower Palaeolithic site at East Farm, Barnham, Suffolk, 1989-1992 . Journal of the Geological Society vol. 152 , ( 3 ) 570 - 574 .
ASHTON NM, BOWEN DQ, HOLMAN JA, HUNT CO, IRVING BG, KEMP RA, LEWIS SG, McNABB J et al. ( 2022 ) . Excavations at the Lower Palaeolithic site at East Farm, Barnham, Suffolk 1989–92 . Journal of the Geological Society vol. 151 , ( 4 ) 599 - 605 .
MADDY D, COOPE GR, GIBBARD PL, GREEN CP, Group SGL ( 2022 ) . Reappraisal of Middle Pleistocene fluvial deposits near Brandon, Warwickshire and their significance for the Wolston glacial sequence . Journal of the Geological Society vol. 151 , ( 2 ) 221 - 233 .
Lewis SG, Ashton N, Davis R, Hatch M, Hoare PG, Voinchet P, Bahain J-J ( 2021 ) . A revised terrace stratigraphy and chronology for the early Middle Pleistocene Bytham River in the Breckland of East Anglia, UK . Quaternary Science Reviews vol. 269 , 107113 - 107113 .
Davis R, Ashton N, Hatch M, Hosfield R, Lewis SG ( 2021 ) . Lower and Early Middle Palaeolithic of Southern Britain: the Evidence from the River Test . Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology vol. 4 , ( 3 ) 23 - 23 .
Davis R, Ashton N, Hatch M, Hoare PG, Lewis SG ( 2021 ) . Palaeolithic archaeology of the Bytham River: human occupation of Britain during the early Middle Pleistocene and its European context . Journal of Quaternary Science vol. 36 , ( 4 ) 526 - 546 .
Bynoe R, Ashton NM, Grimmer T, Hoare P, Leonard J, Lewis SG, Nicholas D, Parfitt S ( 2021 ) . Coastal curios? An analysis of ex situ beach finds for mapping new Palaeolithic sites at Happisburgh, UK . Journal of Quaternary Science vol. 36 , ( 2 ) 191 - 210 .
Lewis SG, Ashton N, Hoare PG, Parfitt S ( 2020 ) . Human occupation of Northern Europe in MIS 13: a response to comments by Gibbard et al. (2019) . Quaternary Science Reviews vol. 223 , 105851 - 105851 .
Lewis SG, Ashton N, Field MH, Hoare PG, Kamermans H, Knul M, Mücher HJ, Parfitt SA et al. ( 2019 ) . Human occupation of northern Europe in MIS 13: Happisburgh Site 1 (Norfolk, UK) and its European context . Quaternary Science Reviews vol. 211 , 34 - 58 .
HARRIS CRE, Ashton N, LEWIS SG ( 2019 ) . From Site to Museum: a Critical Assessment of Collection History on the Formation and Interpretation of the British Early Palaeolithic Record . Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology vol. 2 , ( 1 ) 1 - 25 .
Field MH, Lewis SG ( 2018 ) . The first Pleistocene fossil records of Urtica kioviensis Rogow. (Urticaceae) and Potamogeton sukaczevii Wieliczk. (Potamogetonaceae) in the British Isles . Vegetation History and Archaeobotany vol. 29 , ( 1 ) 1 - 8 .
Ashton N, HARRIS C, LEWIS SG ( 2018 ) . Frontiers and route-ways from Europe: the Early Middle Palaeolithic of Britain . Journal of Quaternary Science vol. 33 , ( 2 ) 194 - 211 .
Hatch M, Davis RJ, Lewis SG, Ashton N, Briant RM, Lukas S ( 2017 ) . The stratigraphy and chronology of the fluvial sediments at Warsash, UK: implications for the Palaeolithic archaeology of the River Test . Proceedings of the Geologists' Association vol. 128 , ( 2 ) 198 - 221 .
Ashton N, Lewis SG, Parfitt SA, Davis RJ, Stringer C ( 2016 ) . Handaxe and non-handaxe assemblages during Marine Isotope Stage 11 in northern Europe: recent investigations at Barnham, Suffolk, UK . Journal of Quaternary Science vol. 31 , ( 8 ) 837 - 843 .
Lewis SG, Birnie JF ( 2016 ) . Little ice age alluvial fan development in Langedalen, western Norway . Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography vol. 83 , ( 4 ) 179 - 190 .
DAVIS RJ, Hatch M, Ashton N, Hosfield R, Lewis SG ( 2016 ) . The Palaeolithic record of Warsash, Hampshire, UK: implications for late Lower and early Middle Palaeolithic occupation history of Southern Britain . Proceedings of the Geologists Association vol. 27 , ( 5 ) 558 - 574 .
Voinchet P, Moreno D, Bahain J, Tissoux H, Tombret O, Falguères C, Moncel M, Schreve D et al. ( 2015 ) . New chronological data (ESR and ESR/U‐series) for the earliest Acheulian sites of north‐western Europe . Journal of Quaternary Science vol. 30 , ( 7 ) 610 - 622 .
Ashton N, McNabb J, Irving B, Lewis S, Parfitt S ( 2015 ) . Contemporaneity of Clactonian and Acheulian flint industries at Barnham, Suffolk . Antiquity vol. 68 , ( 260 ) 585 - 589 .
Ashton N, LEWIS S, HARRIS CRE ( 2015 ) . The distribution of early Palaeolithic sites in Britain . No Stone Unturned: Papers in Honour of Roger Jacobi , Editors: Ashton, N, HARRIS, C , Lithic Studies Society
Ashton N, Lewis SG, De Groote I, Duffy SM, Bates M, Bates R, Hoare P, Lewis M et al. ( 2014 ) . Hominin Footprints from Early Pleistocene Deposits at Happisburgh, UK . PLOS ONE vol. 9 , ( 2 ) Article ARTN e88329 ,
Bailiff I, LEWIS SG, Drinkall HC, White MJ ( 2013 ) . Luminescence dating of sediments from a Palaeolithic site associated with a solution feature on the North Downs of Kent, UK . Quaternary Geochronology vol. 18 , 135 - 148 .
Ashton NM, LEWIS SG ( 2012 ) . The environmental contexts of early human occupation of northwest Europe: the British Lower Palaeolithic record . Quaternary International vol. 271 , 50 - 64 .
Abel RL, Parfitt S, Ashton N, Lewis SG, Scott B, Stringer C ( 2011 ) . Digital preservation and dissemination of ancient lithic technology with modern micro-CT . Computers & Graphics vol. 35 , ( 4 ) 878 - 884 .
Ashton N, Lewis SG, Hosfield R ( 2011 ) . 4 Mapping the Human Record: Population Change in Britain During the Early Palaeolithic . The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain , vol. 14 , Elsevier
Scott B, Ashton N, Lewis SG, Parfitt S, White M ( 2011 ) . 6 Technology and Landscape Use in the Early Middle Palaeolithic of the Thames Valley . The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain , vol. 14 , Elsevier
Lewis SG, Ashton N, Jacobi R ( 2011 ) . 9 Testing Human Presence During the Last Interglacial (MIS 5e): A Review of the British Evidence . The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain , vol. 14 , Elsevier
Ashton N, Lewis S, Stringer C ( 2011 ) . Preface . Developments in Quaternary Science vol. 14 , ( C )
LEWIS S, Ashton N, Jacobi RM ( 2010 ) . Testing human presence during the last interglacial (MIS 5e): a review of the British evidence . The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain , Editors: Ashton, N, Lewis, SG, Stringer, C , Elsevier Science
Parfitt SA, Ashton NM, Lewis SG, Abel RL, Coope GR, Field MH, Gale R, Hoare PG et al. ( 2010 ) . Early Pleistocene human occupation at the edge of the boreal zone in northwest Europe . NATURE vol. 466 , ( 7303 ) 229 - 233 .
Ashton N, Lewis SG, Stringer C ( 2010 ) . The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain . Elsevier Science
Lewis S ( 2008 ) . British regional geology: Wales. M. F. Howells (ed.). Publisher: British Geological Survey, Keyworth, 2007 ISBN 978‐0‐85272‐584‐9 . Journal of Quaternary Science vol. 23 , ( 6‐7 ) 705 - 705 .
Ashton N, Lewis SG, Parfitt SA, Penkman KEH, Coope GR ( 2008 ) . New evidence for complex climate change in MIS 11 from Hoxne, Suffolk, UK . QUATERNARY SCI REV vol. 27 , ( 7-8 ) 652 - 668 .
Preece RC, Parfitt SA, Bridgland DR, Lewis SG, Rowe PJ, Atkinson TC, Candy I, Debenham NC et al. ( 2007 ) . Terrestrial environments during MIS 11: evidence from the Palaeolithic site at West Stow, Suffolk, UK . QUATERNARY SCI REV vol. 26 , ( 9-10 ) 1236 - 1300 .
Preece RC, Gowlett JAJ, Parfitt SA, Bridgland DR, Lewis SG ( 2006 ) . Humans in the Hoxnian: habitat, context and fire use at Beeches Pit, West Stow, Suffolk, UK . J QUATERNARY SCI vol. 21 , ( 5 ) 485 - 496 .
Ashton N, Lewis SG, Stringer C ( 2006 ) . Introduction: The Palaeolithic occupation of Europe. A tribute to John J. Wymer, 1928-2006 . J QUATERNARY SCI vol. 21 , ( 5 ) 421 - 424 .
Ashton N, Lewis SG, Parfitt S, White M ( 2006 ) . Riparian landscapes and human habitat preferences during the Hoxnian (MIS 11) interglacial . J QUATERNARY SCI vol. 21 , ( 5 ) 497 - 505 .
Lewis SG, Maddy D, Buckingham C, Coope GR, Field MH, Keen DH, Pike AWG, Roe DA et al. ( 2006 ) . Pleistocene fluvial sediments, palaeontology and archaeology of the upper River Thames at Latton, Wiltshire, England . J QUATERNARY SCI vol. 21 , ( 2 ) 181 - 205 .
LEWIS SG, Parfitt S, Ashton NA, Candy I, Whittaker J, Penkman K, Keen DH, Kemp R et al. ( 2005 ) . Excavations at the Lower Palaeolithic site at Elveden, Suffolk, UK . Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society vol. 71 ,
LEWIS SG, Glenday SS, Maddy D ( 2004 ) . The Thames Valley Sediment conveyor: fluvial system development over the last two interglacial-glacial cycles . Quaternaire. vol. 15 , 17 - 28 .
LEWIS SG, Schreve DC, Robertson DA, O'Connar SA, Schwenninger J-L, French CA, Green FML, Boismier WA et al. ( 2003 ) . Middle Palaeolithic Site at Lynford Quarry, Mundford, Norfolk: Interim Staatement . Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. vol. 69 , 315 - 324 .
Lewis SG ( 2002 ) . The Holocene evolution of the London Thames. Archaeological excavations (1991–1998) for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project, J. Sidell, K. Wilkinson, R. Scaife and N. Cameron, Museum of London Archaeology Service Monograph no. 5, 2000 (144 pp) ISBN 1‐901992‐10‐1 . Journal of Quaternary Science vol. 17 , ( 8 ) 799 - 800 .
Ashton N, Lewis S ( 2002 ) . Deserted Britain: Declining populations in the British Late Middle Pleistocene . ANTIQUITY vol. 76 , ( 292 ) 388 - 396 .
Lewis SG ( 2001 ) . Quaternary Environments M. Williams, D. Dunkerley, P. De Deckker, P. Kershaw, J. Chappell; Arnold, London, 1998 (2nd Edition), 329pp. £24.99, ISBN: 0 340 69151 4 . Quaternary Science Reviews vol. 20 , ( 18 )
Lewis SG, Maddy D, Scaife RG ( 2001 ) . The fluvial system response to abrupt climate change during the last cold stage: the Upper Pleistocene River Thames fluvial succession at Ashton Keynes, UK . GLOBAL PLANET CHANGE vol. 28 , ( 1-4 ) 341 - 359 .
Lewis SG, Birnie JF ( 2001 ) . Little ice age alluvial fan development in Langedalen, western Norway . GEOGR ANN A vol. 83A , ( 4 ) 179 - 190 .
Lewis SG ( 2000 ) . Natural Environmental Change A. M. MANNION Publisher Routledge, London 1999 (198 pp) £12.99 ISBN 0‐415‐13933‐3 (paperback edition) . Journal of Quaternary Science vol. 15 , ( 6 ) 657 - 657 .
Rose J, Lee JA, Candy I, Lewis SG ( 1999 ) . Early and Middle Pleistocene river systems in eastern England: evidence from Leet Hill, southern Norfolk, England . Journal of Quaternary Science vol. 14 , ( 4 ) 347 - 360 .
Rose J, Lee JA, Candy I, Lewis SC ( 1999 ) . Early and middle pleistocene river systems in eastern England: Evidence from Leet Hill, southern Norfolk, England . Journal of Quaternary Science vol. 14 , ( 4 ) 347 - 360 .
White MJ, Lewis SG, McNabb J ( 1999 ) . Excavations at the Lower Palaeolithic site of Whipsnade, Bedfordshire 1992–4 . Proceedings of the Geologists Association vol. 110 , ( 3 ) 241 - 255 .
Maddy D, Lewis SG, Keen DH ( 1999 ) . Pleistocene palaeomeanders of the River Avon, Warwickshire . Proceedings of the Geologists Association vol. 110 , ( 2 ) 163 - 172 .
Lewis SG, Rose J, Davies H ( 1999 ) . Pre-Anglian fluvial and Anglian glaciogenic sediments, Knettishall, Suffolk, England . Proceedings of the Geologists Association vol. 110 , ( 1 ) 17 - 32 .
Gallois R, Rose J, Smith A, Lewis S, Moorlock B, Hamblin R ( 1999 ) . Pre-glacial drainage of Fenland . Proceedings of the Geologists Association vol. 110 , ( 3 ) 257 - 262 .
Lewis SG, Maddy D, Keen D ( 1999 ) . Preface . Proceedings of the Geologists Association vol. 110 , ( 2 )
Maddy D, Lewis SG, Scaife RG, Bowen DQ, Coope GR, Green CP, Hardaker T, Keen DH et al. ( 1998 ) . The Upper Pleistocene deposits at Cassington, near Oxford, England . Journal of Quaternary Science vol. 13 , ( 3 ) 205 - 231 .
Keen DH, Coope GR, Jones RL, Field MH, Griffiths HI, Lewis SG, Bowen DQ ( 1998 ) . Middle Pleistocene deposits at Frog Hall Pit, Stretton‐on‐Dunsmore, Warwickshire, English Midlands, and their implications for the age of the type Wolstonian . Journal of Quaternary Science vol. 12 , ( 3 ) 183 - 208 .
Roberts CL, Lewis SG ( 1997 ) . Resistivity sounding: two case studies from the Cretaceous Chalk at Boxgrove, West Sussex and Barnham, Suffolk, UK . Geological Society London Engineering Geology Special Publications vol. 12 , ( 1 ) 201 - 209 .
Lewis SG ( 1997 ) . D.O’HalloranC.GreenM.HarleyM.StanleyJ.KnillGeological and Landscape Conservation1994Geological SocietyLondon1-897799-09-8530 pp. (HB) US$117/£70.00 (Members of the Geological Society may purchase for $58.50/£35.00) . Proceedings of the Geologists Association vol. 108 , ( 4 ) 330 - 331 .
Rose J, Allen P, Green CP, Hey RW, Lewis SG, Sinclair JM, Whiteman CA ( 1996 ) . The Kesgrave and Bytham sands and gravels of East Anglia . Quaternary Newsletter vol. 79 , 10 - 25 .
Bridgland DR, Lewis SG, Wymer JJ ( 1995 ) . Middle Pleistocene stratigraphy and archaeology around Mildenhall and Icklingham, Suffolk: report on the Geologists' Association Field Meeting, 27 June, 1992 . Proceedings of the Geologists Association vol. 106 , ( 1 ) 57 - 69 .
Maddy D, Green CP, Lewis SG, Bowen DQ ( 1995 ) . Pleistocene geology of the lower Severn valley, U.K . Quaternary Science Reviews vol. 14 , ( 3 ) 209 - 222 .
Glasser NF, Lewis SG ( 1994 ) . A report on recent excavation and conservation at Wolston Gravel Pit SSSI, Warwickshire . Quaternary Newsletter vol. 74 , 1 - 9 .
Maddy D, Lewis SG, Green CP ( 1991 ) . A review of the stratigraphic significance of the Wolvercote Terrace of the Upper Thames Valley . Proceedings of the Geologists Association vol. 102 , ( 3 ) 217 - 225 .
Preece RC, Lewis SG, Wymer JJ, Bridgland DR, Parfitt S ( 1991 ) . Beeches Pit, West Stow, Suffolk (TL 798719) . Central East Anglia and the Fen Basin: field guide94 - 104 .
Lewis SG, Whiteman CA, Bridgland DR ( 1991 ) . Central East Anglia and the Fen Basin: field guide .
Cook J, Ashton N, Coope GR, Hunt CO, Lewis SG, Rose J ( 1991 ) . High Lodge, Mildenhall, Suffolk (TL 739754) . Central East Anglia and the Fen Basin: field guide59 - 69 .
Lewis SG, Bridgland DR ( 1991 ) . Ingham (TL 855715) and Timworth (TL 853692), Suffolk . Central East Anglia and the Fen Basin: field guide71 - 83 .
Bridgland DR, Lewis SG ( 1991 ) . Introduction to the Pleistocene geology and drainage history of the Lark Valley . Central East Anglia and the Fen Basin: field guide37 - 44 .
Lewis SG, Rose J ( 1991 ) . Knettishall, Suffolk (TL 951798) . Central East Anglia and the Fen Basin: field guide105 - 109 .
Hunt CO, Lewis SG, Rose J, Wymer JJ ( 1991 ) . Lackford, Suffolk (TL 815704) . Central East Anglia and the Fen Basin: field guide85 - 92 .
Lewis SG ( 1991 ) . Shouldham Thorpe, Norfolk (TF 657085) . Central East Anglia and the Fen Basin: field guide127 - 130 .
Maddy D, Lewis SG ( 1991 ) . The Pleistocene deposits at Snitterfield, Warwickshire . Proceedings of the Geologists Association vol. 102 , ( 4 ) 289 - 300 .
Lewis SG, Rose J ( 1991 ) . Tottenhill, Norfolk (TF 639120) . Central East Anglia and the Fen Basin: field guide145 - 148 .
Wymer JJ, Lewis SG, Bridgland DR ( 1991 ) . Warren Hill, Mildenhall, Suffolk (TL 744743) . Central East Anglia and the Fen Basin: field guide50 - 58 .
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