Neanderthal firewood management: Evidence from Stratigraphic Unit IV of Abric del Pastor (Eastern Iberia)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 81-93

  Vidal Matutano, Paloma ^a   Hernández, Cristo M ^b   Galván, Bertila ^b   Mallol, Carolina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abric del pastor; Charcoal analysis; Firewood gathering; Neanderthals; Palaeoenvironment; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHARCOAL; FORESTRY;

ABRIC DEL PASTOR; CHARCOAL ANALYSIS; FIREWOOD GATHERING; NEANDERTHALS; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; TAPHONOMY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CHARCOAL; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUELWOOD; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SHELTER; STRATIGRAPHY; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

DATA; ENVIRONMENTS; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

SPAIN;

JUNIPERUS;

EID: 84922271264     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.01.010     Document Type: Article

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