Climatic variability and plant food distribution in Pleistocene Europe: Implications for Neanderthal diet and subsistence

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 662-679

  Hardy, Bruce L ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; EDIBLE PLANTS; ENERGY SOURCE; FOOD DISTRIBUTION; IN-PLANTS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST INTERGLACIAL; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LEAN MEATS; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PLEISTOCENE; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

CARBOHYDRATES; ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; MEATS; PROTEINS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

NUTRITION;

CARNIVORE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLD TOLERANCE; DIET; EDIBLE SPECIES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MEAT; NEANDERTHAL; PLANT PRODUCT; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; STARCH; SUBSISTENCE;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BISON; MAMMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 76549133182     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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