Subsistence economy and social life: A zooarchaeological view from the 300kya central hearth at Qesem Cave, Israel

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 248-268

  Blasco, Ruth ^a   Rosell, Jordi ^b,c   Gopher, Avi ^d   Barkai, Ran ^d  

^a Gibraltar Museum   (Gibraltar)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acheulo Yabrudian Cultural Complex (AYCC); Hearth related activities; Late Lower Palaeolithic; Levant; Middle Pleistocene; Processing sequence; Qesem Cave; Seasonal occupations; Social hunting; Subsistence strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923370163     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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