Late Neanderthals at Jarama VI (central Iberia)?

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 218-234

  Kehl, Martin ^a   Burow, Christoph ^a   Hilgers, Alexandra ^a   Navazo, Marta ^b,c   Pastoors, Andreas ^d   Weniger, Gerd Christian ^a,d   Wood, Rachel ^e   Jordá Pardo, Jesús F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^d Neanderthal Museum   (Germany)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Luminescence dating; Micromorphology; Middle Paleolithic; Mineralogy; Radiocarbon dating; Slackwater deposits; Stone industry

Indexed keywords

LUMINESCENCE DATING; MICROMORPHOLOGIES; MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; STONE INDUSTRIES;

DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MORPHOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

ALKALI FELDSPAR; ARCHAEOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULOMETRY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; NEANDERTHAL; OCCUPATION; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

EID: 84883551139     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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