Using ZooMS to identify fragmentary bone from the Late Middle/Early Upper Palaeolithic sequence of Les Cottés, France

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 279-286

  Welker, Frido ^a,b   Soressi, Marie ^a,c   Rendu, William ^d   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a   Collins, Matthew ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ch telperronian; Collagen; Les Cott s; Palaeolithic; Taxonomic richness; ZooMS

Indexed keywords

BONE; COLLAGEN; FAUNA; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC; PEPTIDE; TAXONOMY;

FRANCE;

EID: 84920931444     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.12.010     Document Type: Article

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