Prehistoric herding facilities: Site formation processes and archaeological dynamics in Cova Gran de Santa Linya (Southeastern Prepyrenees, Iberia)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 784-800

  Polo Diaz A ^a,b   Martinez Moreno J ^c   Benito Calvo, A ^d   Mora, R ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronometry; Cova Gran; Late prehistory; Micromorphology; Northeast Iberian Peninsula; Pastoralism; Pen deposits; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE; DEPOSITION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NEOLITHIC; PASTORALISM; PREHISTORIC; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY; DATING METHOD;

EBRO BASIN; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 84887181037     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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