Assessing what lies beneath the spatial distribution of a zooarchaeological record: The use of GIS and spatial correlations at El Mirón Cave (Spain)

Archaeometry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 506-524

  Marin Arroyo A B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES PREHISTÓRICAS DE CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cantabrian Spain; El Mir n cave; GIS; Late glacial; Local density analysis; Spatial distribution; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GIS; LATE GLACIAL; METHODOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANTABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AZILIA;

EID: 65549083820     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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