Age distributions of hominid samples at Atapuerca (SH) and Krapina could indicate accumulation by catastrophe

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 327-338

  Bocquet Appel, Jean Pierre ^a   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^b  

^a MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atapuerca (SH); Catastrophe mortality; Krapina; Palaeodemography; Pleistocene hominid samples

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; MORTALITY;

CROATIA; SPAIN;

EID: 0033102378     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0370     Document Type: Article

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