Palaeodiets of humans and fauna at the Spanish Mesolithic site of El Collado

Current Anthropology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 549-556

  Garcia Guixé, Elena ^a   Richards, Michael P ^b   Subirà, M Eulàlia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 33746508503     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504170     Document Type: Article

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