Cutmarks on fossil human anterior teeth of the Sima de los Huesos Site (Atapuerca, Spain)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1127-1135

  Lozano Ruiz, M ^a   Bermudez de Castro J M ^b   Martinon Torres M ^b   Sarmiento, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anterior dentition; Cutmarks; Homo heidelbergensis; Middle Pleistocene; Paramasticatory activities; Sierra de Atapuerca; Sima de los Huesos

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042640880     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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