The spatial distribution of Palaeolithic human settlements and its influence on palaeoecological studies: A case from Northern Iberia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4127-4138

  Turrero, Pablo ^a   Domínguez Cuesta, María José ^a   Jiménez Sánchez, Montserrat ^a,b   García Vázquez, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaeological data bias; Biogeographical information sources; Geomorphology; GIS; Palaeolithic; Topographic variables

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; FAUNA; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; GLACIER; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERRACE; TOPOGRAPHY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84880652261     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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