Territorial Mobility of Neanderthal Groups: A Case Study from Level M of Abric Romaní (Capellades, Barcelona, Spain)

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789400704145, 2011, Pages 187-202

  Fernández Laso, María C ^a   Navarro, María G Chacón ^a,b   García Antón, María D ^a   Rivals, Florent ^c  

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

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Faunal assemblages; Lithic technology; Middle Paleolithic; Resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855864943     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0415-2_17     Document Type: Chapter

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