Middle Pleistocene bird consumption at Level XI of Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2213-2223

  Blasco, Ruth ^a   Peris, Josep Fernández ^b  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anatinae; Aythya sp.; Birds; Bolomor Cave; Iberian Peninsula; Level XI; Middle Pleistocene; Small prey; Subsistence strategies; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIRD; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HUNTER-GATHERER; PLEISTOCENE; PREY CAPTURE; SUBSISTENCE;

BOLOMOR CAVE; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VALENCIA [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA];

ANIMALIA; AVES; AYTHYA; LAGOMORPHA; LEPORIDAE;

EID: 68349085687     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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