The hunting of large mammals in the upper palaeolithic of southern Italy: A diachronic case study from Grotta del Romito

Quaternary International

Volumn 252, Issue , 2012, Pages 155-164

  Vacca, Beatrice Bertini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DIACHRONISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPLOITATION; FAUNA; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; MAMMAL; PALEOLITHIC; RESOURCE ECONOMY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SUBSISTENCE; TAPHONOMY;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA IBEX; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84856605674     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.06.054     Document Type: Article

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