"The Red Lady of El Mirón". Lower Magdalenian life and death in Oldest Dryas Cantabrian Spain: An overview

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 134-137

  Straus, Lawrence G ^a,b   González Morales, Manuel R ^b   Carretero, Jose Miguel ^c   Marín Arroyo, Ana Belen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES PREHISTÓRICAS DE CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cantabrian spain; El mir n cave; Human burial; Magdalenian; Oldest dryas

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRANIUM; FOSSIL; OLDER DRYAS; PALEOLITHIC; SKELETON; TOOL USE;

CANTABRIA; EL MIRON CAVE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CAPRA IBEX; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 84930818933     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.034     Document Type: Article

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