Were bears or lions involved in salmon accumulation in the Middle Palaeolithic of the Caucasus? An isotopic investigation in Kudaro 3cave

Quaternary International

Volumn 339-340, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-118

  Bocherens, Hervé ^a   Baryshnikov, Gennady ^b   Van Neer, Wim ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BONE; COLLAGEN; FAUNA; FELID; HOMINID; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; SALMONID;

CAUCASUS;

PANTHERA; URSUS; URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 84898054786     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.06.026     Document Type: Article

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