Coastal wetlands and the Neanderthal settlement of Portuguese Estremadura

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 709-744

  Haws, Jonathan A ^a   Benedetti, Michael M ^b   Funk, Caroline L ^c   Bicho, Nuno F ^d   Daniels, J Michael ^e   Hesp, Patrick A ^f   Minckley, Thomas A ^g   Forman, Steven L ^h   Jeraj, Marjeta ⁱ   Gibaja, Juan F ^d   Hockett, Bryan S ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c Universidade do Algarve ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^j BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; COASTAL WETLAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTONE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MARSH; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; PEAT;

CAPE VERDE [MACARONESIA]; ESTREMADURA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; PRAIA; SAO TIAGO;

EID: 79951946324     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20330     Document Type: Article

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