Evidence supporting an intentional Neandertal burial at la Chapelle-aux-Saints

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-86

  Rendu, William ^a,b   Beauval, Cédric ^c   Crevecoeur, Isabelle ^d   Bayle, Priscilla ^d   Balzeau, Antoine ^e   Bismuth, Thierry ^b,f   Bourguignon, Laurence ^g,h   Delfour, Géraldine ^d   Faivre, Jean Philippe ^d   Lacrampe Cuyaubère, François ^c   Tavormina, Carlotta ^c,i   Todisco, Dominique ^j   Turq, Alain ^d,k   Maureille, Bruno ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Maison de la Recherche   (France)

^c SARL Archéosphère   (France)

^d Environnement et Anthropologie   (France)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f Direction Regionale des Affaires Culturelles du Limousin Service Regional de l'Archeologie   (France)

^g Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives   (France)

^h Inrap)   (France)

ⁱ INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^j Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Sciences de l'Education et de la Communication   (France)

^k Musée National de Préhistoire   (France)

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Author keywords

Archaeology; Middle Paleolithic; Mousterian burial; Symbolic behavior; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

IRON OXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PALEOLITHIC; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PREHISTORIC PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TAPHONOMY; UPPER PLEISTOCENE;

ARCHAEOLOGY; MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC; MOUSTERIAN BURIAL; SYMBOLIC BEHAVIOR; TAPHONOMY;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; BURIAL; FOSSILS; FRANCE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; NEANDERTHALS; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 84891937944     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1316780110     Document Type: Article

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