Temporal nature and recycling of Upper Paleolithic artifacts: The burned tools from the Molí del Salt site (Vimbodí i Poblet, northeastern Spain)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2785-2796

  Vaquero, Manuel ^a,b   Alonso, Susana ^a,b   García Catalán, Sergio ^a,b   García Hernández, Angélica ^a,b   Gómez de Soler, Bruno ^a,b   Rettig, David ^a,b   Soto, María ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Burned artifacts; Late Upper Paleolithic; Mol del Salt; Provisioning strategies; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; PALEOLITHIC; RECYCLING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOOL USE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84862225510     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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