Combustion structures of archaeological level O and mousterian activity areas with use of fire at the Abric Romaní rockshelter (NE Iberian Peninsula)

Quaternary International

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 313-324

  Vallverdú, Josep ^a,b   Alonso, Susana ^a   Bargalló, Amèlia ^a   Bartrolí, Raúl ^c   Campeny, Gerard ^b   Carrancho, Ángel ^d   Expósito, Isabel ^b   Fontanals, Marta ^a   Gabucio, Joana ^a   Gómez, Bruno ^b   Prats, Josep Maria ^a   Sañudo, Pablo ^a   Solé, Àlex ^a   Vilalta, Jaume ^a   Carbonell, Eudald ^a,b,e  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c Ajuntament de Capellades ^*  (Spain)

^d Human Computer Technology Laboratory   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; COMBUSTION; CULTURAL HISTORY; CULTURAL RELATIONS; FIRE HISTORY; MOUSTERIAN; NEANDERTHAL; SHELTER; SPATIAL DATA;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84655164910     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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