Marine mollusc exploitation in Mediterranean prehistory: An overview

Quaternary International

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 86-103

  Colonese, A C ^a   Mannino, M A ^b   Bar Yosef Mayer, D E ^c,h   Fa, D A ^d   Finlayson, J C ^d,e   Lubell, D ^f   Stiner, M C ^g  

^a GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d Gibraltar Museum   (Gibraltar)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; EXPLOITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUNTER-GATHERER; LATE GLACIAL; MOLLUSC; PALEOLITHIC; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSISTENCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79957638902     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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