Luminescence chronology of cave sediments at the Atapuerca paleoanthropological site, Spain

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 300-311

  Berger, G W ^a   Perez Gonzalez A ^b   Carbonell, E ^c   Arsuaga, J L ^d   Bermudez de Castro J M ^b   Ku, T L ^e  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atapuerca; Dating; Hominin; Karstic caves; Luminescence; Spain

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CHRONOLOGY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; KARST; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; LUMINESCENCE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

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

EID: 48349125971     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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