An attempt to separate anthropic and natural fire signals in an archaeological context - The case of the Mousterian site Grotta Reali (Rocchetta a Volturno Molise, Central Italy)

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-174

  Cui, Qiaoyu ^a,b   Marquer, Laurent ^c   Arzarello, Marta ^a   Lebreton, Vincent ^c  

^a Dipartimento di Biologia ed Evoluzione   (Italy)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Fire signal; Grotta Reali; Italy; Microcharcoal

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHARCOAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IMAGE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ITALY;

EID: 67349278046     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-009-0014-8     Document Type: Article

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