The chronology of the earliest Upper Palaeolithic in northern Iberia: New insights from L'Arbreda, Labeko Koba and La Viña

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-109

  Wood, R E ^a,b   Arrizabalaga, A ^c   Camps, M ^d   Fallon, S ^a   Iriarte Chiapusso, M J ^c,e   Jones, R ^a   Maroto, J ^f   De la Rasilla, M ^g   Santamaria D ^g   Soler, J ^f   Soler, N ^f   Villaluenga, A ^h,i   Higham, T F G ^b,j  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^h Monrepos Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for the   (Germany)

ⁱ Aranzadi Sciences Society   (Spain)

^j KEBLE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Aurignacian; Ch telperronian; Gravettian; Mousterian; Pleistocene; Radiocarbon; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; MOUSTERIAN; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS; SESAMUM INDICUM;

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; BONE; CHEMISTRY; CHRONOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BONE AND BONES; CHRONOLOGY AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MAMMALS; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SPAIN;

EID: 84898055272     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.12.017     Document Type: Article

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