Trampling experiments at Cova Gran de Santa Linya, Pre-Pyrenees, Spain: Their relevance for archaeological fabrics of the Upper-Middle Paleolithic assemblages

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3652-3661

  Benito Calvo, Alfonso ^a   Martínez Moreno, Jorge ^b   Mora, Rafael ^b,c   Roy, Miquel ^b   Roda, Xavier ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaeological fabrics; Cova Gran; Experimentation; Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic; Site formation processes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOTROPY; OCCUPATION; PALEOLITHIC; TRAMPLING;

PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 80054106389     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.08.036     Document Type: Article

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