The lithic industry of the Early Pleistocene site of Pirro Nord (Apricena South Italy): The evidence of a human occupation between 1.3 and 1.7 Ma;L'industrie lithique du site Pléistocène inférieur de Pirro Nord (Apricena, Italie du sud) : une occupation humaine entre 1,3 et 1,7 Ma

Anthropologie

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-58

  Arzarello, Marta ^a   Marcolini, Federica ^b   Pavia, Giulio ^c   Pavia, Marco ^c   Petronio, Carmelo ^d   Petrucci, Mauro ^c   Rook, Lorenzo ^e   Sardella, Raffaele ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biochronology; Early Pleistocene; Fist peopling; Italy; Lithic industry; Mediterranean area; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; BIOCHRONOLOGY; FAUNA; FOSSIL; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MAMMAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; VERTEBRATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 64149093312     PISSN: 00035521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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