Taphonomic implications for the Late Mousterian of South-West Europe at Esquilleu Cave (Spain)

Quaternary International

Volumn 337, Issue , 2014, Pages 225-236

  Yravedra, José ^a   Gómez Castanedo, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CARNIVORE; CAVE; CHRONOLOGY; MOUSTERIAN; NEANDERTHAL; TAPHONOMY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; OCCUPATION; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

CANTABRIA; ESQUILLEU CAVE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

EID: 84897082758     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.09.030     Document Type: Article

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