Tale of two timescales: Combining tooth wear methods with different temporal resolutions to detect seasonality of Palaeolithic hominin occupational patterns

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages 790-797

  Sánchez Hernández, Carlos ^a,b   Rivals, Florent ^a,b,c   Blasco, Ruth ^d   Rosell, Jordi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mesowear; Microwear; Middle palaeolithic; Neanderthals; Portel Ouest cave; Teixoneres cave; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947341038     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.09.011     Document Type: Article

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