A new date for the neanderthals from el sidrón cave (asturias, northern spain)

Archaeometry

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 148-158

  Wood, R E ^a,b   Higham, T F G ^a   De Torres, T ^c   Tisnerat Laborde N ^d   Valladas, H ^d   Ortiz, J E ^c   Lalueza Fox, C ^e   Sanchez Moral S ^f   Canaveras J C ^g   Rosas, A ^f   Santamaria D ^h   De La Rasilla, M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d DIF   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^f MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

N Pre Screening; El Sidr N; Neanderthal; Pre Treatment; Radiocarbon; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BONE; CAVE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; FOSSIL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEANDERTHAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ASTURIAS; SPAIN;

EID: 84872381816     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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