Sleeping activity area within the site structure of archaic human groups: Evidence from Abric Romaní level N combustion activity areas

Current Anthropology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-145

  Vallverdú, Josep ^a   Vaquero, Manuel ^a   Cáceres, Isabel ^a   Allué, Ethel ^a   Rosell, Jordi ^a   Saladié, Palmira ^a   Chacón, Gema ^a   Ollé, Andreu ^a   Canals, Antoni ^a   Sala, Robert ^a   Courty, M A ^a   Carbonell, Eudald ^a  

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

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DOI: 10.1086/649499     Document Type: Article

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