Site formation dynamics and human occupations at Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain): An archaeostratigraphic analysis of levels I to XII (100–200 ka)

Quaternary International

Volumn 417, Issue , 2016, Pages 94-104

  Sañudo, Pablo ^a   Blasco, Ruth ^b   Fernández Peris, Josep ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaeostratigraphy; Bolomor Cave; Human occupations; Middle Pleistocene; Palimpsest dissection; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BOLOMOR CAVE; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN; VALENCIA [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA];

EID: 84950267696     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.044     Document Type: Article

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