Lithic refitting and movement connections: The NW area of level TD10-1 at the Gran Dolina site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3112-3121

  López Ortega, Esther ^a,b   Rodríguez, Xosé Pedro ^a,b   Vaquero, Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity areas; Atapuerca; Individual movement; Lithic refit; Middle Pleistocene; Spatial connection

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; LITHIC FRAGMENT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PLEISTOCENE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; GRAN DOLINA; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

EID: 81155162559     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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