Neandertal foraging during the late Mousterian in the Pyrenees: New insights based on faunal remains from Gatzarria Cave

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1568-1578

  Ready, Elspeth ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging theory; Middle Palaeolithic; Neandertals; Pyrenees; Subsistence; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FAUNA; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOUSTERIAN; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY;

PYRENEES;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84871817361     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.10.021     Document Type: Article

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