Some clarifications on the Middle-Upper Paleolithic transition in Abric Romaní: Reply to Camps and Higham (2012)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 711-717

  Vaquero, Manuel ^a,b   Carbonell, Eudald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Ch telperronian; Lithic analysis; Protoaurignacian; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; FOSSIL; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EID: 84867465463     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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