Puzzling out a palimpsest: Testing an interdisciplinary study in level O of Abric Romaní

Quaternary International

Volumn 417, Issue , 2016, Pages 51-65

  Bargalló, Amèlia ^a,b   Gabucio, Maria Joana ^a,b   Rivals, Florent ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

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

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

Author keywords

Archaeostratigraphy; Faunal analysis; Lithic analysis; Palimpsest dissection; Refits; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; FAUNA; LITHIC FRAGMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 84950327376     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.066     Document Type: Article

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