Redefining neanderthals and art: An alternative interpretation of the multiple species model for the origin of behavioural modernity

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-243

  Moro AbadÍA, Oscar ^a   GonzÁLez Morales, Manuel R ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ART; ARTIFACT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL HISTORY; MODERNITY; NEANDERTHAL; PREHISTORIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBOLISM;

EUROPE;

EID: 77955165769     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: 14680092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2010.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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