Neanderthal Use of Callista chione Shells as Raw Material for Retouched Tools in South-east Italy: Analysis of Grotta del Cavallo Layer L Assemblage with a New Methodology

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1007-1037

  Romagnoli, Francesca ^a,b   Martini, Fabio ^a,b   Sarti, Lucia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Museo Fiorentino di Preistoria Paolo Graziosi   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Callista chione; Italy; Marine molluscs; Middle Palaeolithic; Raw material; Technical behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946488495     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-014-9215-x     Document Type: Article

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