People and large carnivores as biostratinomic agents in lateglacial cave assemblages

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 681-694

  Lord, T C ^a   O'Connor, T P ^b   Siebrandt, D C ^b   Jacobi, R M ^c  

^a University of York ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bear; Caves; Lateglacial; Taphonomy; Wolf; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARNIVORE; CAVE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERSTADIAL; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOECOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAPHONOMY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 35348990342     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1101     Document Type: Article

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