Variation in Lithic Technological Strategies among the Neanderthals of Gibraltar

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Shipton, Ceri ^a   Clarkson, Christopher ^a   Bernal, Marco Antonio ^b,c   Boivin, Nicole ^c   Finlayson, Clive ^b,d   Finlayson, Geraldine ^b   Fa, Darren ^b   Pacheco, Francisco Giles ^b   Petraglia, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Gibraltar Museum   (Gibraltar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GIBRALTAR; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; PALEOLITHIC; TECHNOLOGY; ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; CAVE; FOSSIL; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CAPRA IBEX; PERILLA FRUTESCENS;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVES; CLIMATE; FOSSILS; GIBRALTAR; NEANDERTHALS; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84878777017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065185     Document Type: Article

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