Neanderthal Shell Tool Production: Evidence from Middle Palaeolithic Italy and Greece

Journal of World Prehistory

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 45-79

  Douka, Katerina ^a   Spinapolice, Enza Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Callista chione; Greece; Italy; Marine shell; Middle Palaeolithic; Neanderthals; Scrapers; Shell tools

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; HOMINID; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MOLLUSC; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC;

GREECE; ITALY;

CALLISTA CHIONE; GLYCYMERIS SP.; HOMINIDAE; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84864400838     PISSN: 08927537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10963-012-9056-z     Document Type: Review

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