The stratigraphy of the Sima de los Huesos (Atapuerca, Spain) and implications for the origin of the fossil hominin accumulation

Quaternary International

Volumn 433, Issue , 2017, Pages 5-21

  Aranburu, Arantza ^a   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^b,c   Sala, Nohemi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allostratigraphy; Karst; Middle Pleistocene; Sedimentology; Site formation

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTRATIGRAPHY; ARCHAEOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; KARST; PALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 84925583275     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.044     Document Type: Article

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