Impossible Neanderthals? Making string, throwing projectiles and catching small game during Marine Isotope Stage 4 (Abri du Maras, France)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-40

  Hardy, Bruce L ^a   Moncel, Marie Hélène ^b   Daujeard, Camille ^b   Fernandes, Paul ^c   Béarez, Philippe ^b   Desclaux, Emmanuel ^d   Chacon Navarro, Maria Gema ^b,e   Puaud, Simon ^b   Gallotti, Rosalia ^f  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Villars de Lans ^*  (France)

^d Laboratoire de Préhistoire du Lazaret   (France)

^e INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Residue analysis; Stone tools; String; Subsistence; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

LARGE MAMMALS; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; NEANDERTHALS; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; STRING; SUBSISTENCE; TWISTED FIBER; ZOOARCHAEOLOGY;

ISOTOPES; TOOLS;

PROJECTILES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; TOOL USE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84886655605     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.09.028     Document Type: Article

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