Who let the hyenas out? Taphonomic analysis of the faunal assemblage from GL-1 of Cova del Gegant (Sitges, Spain)

Quaternary International

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-35

  Samper Carro, Sofía C ^a   Martínez Moreno, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BREEDING; CARNIVORE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; NEANDERTHAL; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84898807553     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.10.052     Document Type: Article

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