A new late Pleistocene archaeological sequence in South America: The Vale da Pedra Furada (Piauí, Brazil)

Antiquity

Volumn 88, Issue 341, 2014, Pages 927-941

  Boëda, Eric ^a   Clemente Conte, Ignacio ^b   Fontugne, Michel ^c   Lahaye, Christelle ^d   Pino, Mario ^e   Felice, Gisele Daltrini ^f,g   Guidon, Niède ^f   Hoeltz, Sirlei ^h   Lourdeau, Antoine ^a,i   Pagli, Marina ^a   Pessis, Anne Marie ^f,i   Viana, Sibeli ^j   Da Costa, Amélie ^a   Douville, Eric ^c  

^a Inrap)   (France)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f Fundacao Museu do Homem Americano   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO VALE DO SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

^h Archaeo Pesquisas Arqueológicas   (Brazil)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^j PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Cobble tools; Dating methods; Lithic technology; Pedra Furada; Quartz tools; Serra De Capivara; Settlement of the Americas; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907579105     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00050845     Document Type: Review

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