Neanderthal megafaunal exploitation in Western Europe and its dietary implications: A contextual reassessment of La Cotte de St Brelade (Jersey)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 181-201

  Smith, Geoff M ^a  

^a Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for the Evolution of Hominin Behaviour   (Germany)

Author keywords

Faunal taphonomy; Middle Palaeolithic; Subsistence behaviour

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; SKELETAL REMAINS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAPHONOMY;

CHANNEL ISLANDS [UNITED KINGDOM]; JERSEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

MAMMALIA; RHINOCEROS;

ANIMAL; BEAR; DIET; ECOLOGY; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; FRANCE; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; PALEONTOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; WOLF;

ANIMALS; DIET; ECOLOGY; EUROPE; FOOD HABITS; FOSSILS; FRANCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEANDERTHALS; PALEONTOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA; URSIDAE; WOLVES;

EID: 84919628859     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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