Single carcass of Mammuthus primigenius with lithic artifacts in the Upper Pleistocene of northern Italy

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2606-2613

  Mussi, Margherita ^a   Villa, Paola ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Italy; Mousterian; Upper Pleistocene; Woolly mammoth

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; LAST GLACIAL; MAMMOTH; MOUSTERIAN; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS;

EID: 47049084136     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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