Defending the early human occupation of Vallparadís (Barcelona, Iberian Peninsula): A reply to Madurell-Malapeira et al. (2012)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 568-575

  Garcia, Joan ^a,b   Martínez, Kenneth ^a,b   Carbonell, Eudald ^a,b,c   Agustí, Jordi ^a,b   Burjachs, Francesc ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cut marks; Human settlement; Late Early Pleistocene; Lithic industry

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SETTLEMENT; OCCUPATION; PLEISTOCENE;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 84865547638     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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