On the evidence for human use and control of fire at Schöningen

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 181-201

  Stahlschmidt, Mareike C ^a   Miller, Christopher E ^a   Ligouis, Bertrand ^a   Hambach, Ulrich ^b   Goldberg, Paul ^a,c   Berna, Francesco ^c,d   Richter, Daniel ^b,e   Urban, Brigitte ^a,f   Serangeli, Jordi ^a   Conard, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^f LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early fire; Human behavior; Micromorphology; Northern latitudes; Paleolithic archaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC;

GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; SCHONINGEN;

ARCHEOLOGY; FIRE; GERMANY; HUMAN; SEDIMENT; WOOD;

ARCHAEOLOGY; FIRES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; HUMANS; WOOD;

EID: 84930886548     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.04.004     Document Type: Article

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