The ungulate assemblage from layer A9 at Grotta di Fumane, Italy: A zooarchaeological contribution to the reconstruction of Neanderthal ecology

Quaternary International

Volumn 337, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-27

  Romandini, Matteo ^a   Nannini, Nicola ^a   Tagliacozzo, Antonio ^b   Peresani, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Soprintendenza al Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico L Pigorini   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Middle Palaeolithic; MIS3; Ungulates; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MOUSTERIAN; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; PALEONTOLOGY; UNGULATE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HUNTING; TAPHONOMY;

FUMANE CAVE; ITALY; VENETO; VERONA;

DISCOIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 84903156546     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.03.027     Document Type: Article

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