Macro-, meso- and micro-charcoal from the Epigravettian settlements of Mezhyrich (Ukraine): Taphonomical and anthracological issues;Étude des macro-, méso- et micro-charbons du site épigravettien de Mezhyrich (Ukraine): Données taphonomiques et anthracologiques

Anthropologie (France)

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 487-504

  Marquer, Laurent ^a,b   Lebreton, Vincent ^a   Otto, Thierry ^c   Messager, Erwan ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Charcoal signal; Eastern Europe; Fuel management; Pleniglacial; Taphonomy; Wood charcoal

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHARCOAL; FUEL; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PLEISTOCENE; TAPHONOMY;

UKRAINE;

SALIX;

EID: 84943454546     PISSN: 00035521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2015.07.006     Document Type: Article

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