Ongoing research at the late Middle Pleistocene site of La Polledrara di Cecanibbio (central Italy), with emphasis on human-elephant relationships

Quaternary International

Volumn 255, Issue , 2012, Pages 171-187

  AnzideI, Anna Paola ^a   Bulgarelli, Grazia Maria ^b   Catalano, Paola ^a   Cerilli, Eugenio ^c   Gallotti, Rosalia ^d   Lemorini, Cristina ^e   Milli, Salvatore ^e   Palombo, Maria Rita ^e   Pantano, Walter ^a   Santucci, Ernesto ^a  

^a Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma   (Italy)

^b Soprintendenza al Museo Nazionale Preistorico ed Etnografico LPigorini   (Italy)

^c Società Cooperativa ARX a r l   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; ELEPHANT; FLOODING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; FOSSIL RECORD; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RESEARCH; TAPHONOMY; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ITALY; LAZIO;

AURELIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84857452924     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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