Characterizing the Lower Paleolithic bone industry from Schöningen 12 II: A multi-proxy study

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 264-286

  Julien, Marie Anne ^a,b,c   Hardy, Bruce ^d   Stahlschmidt, Mareike C ^c   Urban, Brigitte ^e   Serangeli, Jordi ^c   Conard, Nicholas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone tools; Geoarcheology; Lower Paleolithic; Middle Pleistocene; Taphonomy; Use wear analysis; Zooarcheology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOLITHIC; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TAPHONOMY; TOOL USE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; BONE; DEVICE MATERIAL; GERMANY; HOMINID; INDUSTRY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; GERMANY; HOMINIDAE; INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84949239209     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.10.006     Document Type: Article

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