Multi-method (TL and OSL), multi-material (quartz and flint) dating of the Mousterian site of Roc de Marsal (Dordogne, France): Correlating Neanderthal occupations with the climatic variability of MIS 5-3

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3071-3084

  Guérin, Guillaume ^a,h   Discamps, Emmanuel ^b   Lahaye, Christelle ^a   Mercier, Norbert ^a   Guibert, Pierre ^a   Turq, Alain ^b   Dibble, Harold L ^c,d,e   McPherron, Shannon P ^d   Sandgathe, Dennis ^c,f   Goldberg, Paul ^g   Jain, Mayank ^h   Thomsen, Kristina ^h   Patou Mathis, Marylène ⁱ   Castel, Jean Christophe ^j   Soulier, Marie Cécile ^k  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Boston University   (United States)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

ⁱ MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^j MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^k Maison de la Recherche   (France)

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Author keywords

Climate variability; Middle Palaeolithic; OSL; Palaeoenvironments; TL

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DEER; FLINT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOUSTERIAN; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUARTZ; TIMESCALE;

AQUITAINE; DORDOGNE; FRANCE;

ANTIRHEA; CAPREOLUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84864383603     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.04.047     Document Type: Article

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