Critical reassessment of putative Acheulean Porosphaera globularis beads

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-34

  Rigaud, Solange ^a   d'Errico, Francesco ^a,b   Vanhaeren, Marian ^c   Neumann, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Inrap)   (France)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural modernity; Fossil sponges; Lower Palaeolithic; Ornaments; Symbolism; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CRETACEOUS; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; MODERNITY; MORPHOLOGY; SPONGE; SYMBOLISM; TAPHONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 53749083282     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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