Pleistocene human remains and conservation treatments: the case of a mandible from Atapuerca (Spain)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 539-545

  López Polín, Lucía ^a   Ollé, Andreu ^a   Cáceres, Isabel ^a   Carbonell, Eudald ^a   Bermúdez de Castro, José María ^b  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atapuerca TD6; Bone preparation; Cleaning; Conservation; Consolidant; CT scan

Indexed keywords

BONE; CONSERVATION; FOSSIL; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAN DOLINA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 42649085097     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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