Late Neandertals and the intentional removal of feathers as evidenced from bird bone taphonomy at Fumane Cave 44 ky B.P., Italy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3888-3893

  Peresani, Marco ^a   Fiore, Ivana ^b   Gala, Monica ^b   Romandini, Matteo ^a   Tagliacozzo, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Soprintendenza al Museo Nazionale Preistorico ed Etnografico LPigorini   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cut marks; Middle Paleolithic; Raptors; Symbolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE; FEATHER; FRACTURE; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAPHONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY; FEATHERS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; RAPTORS;

AEGYPIUS MONACHUS; AQUILA; AVES; COLUMBA; FALCO VESPERTINUS; GYPAETUS BARBATUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 79952756497     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1016212108     Document Type: Article

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