Coloring and preservation state of faunal remains from the neanderthal levels of Kůlna Cave, Czech Republic

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 479-501

  Michel, Véronique ^a,b   Bocherens, Hervé ^c   Théry Parisot, Isabelle ^a   Valoch, Karel ^d   Valensi, Patricia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e Laboratoire departemental de prehistoire du Lazaret   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLOR; CRYSTALLINITY; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY;

CZECH REPUBLIC; JIHOMORAVSKY; KULNA CAVE;

EID: 33646269730     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20116     Document Type: Article

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