From site formation processes to human behaviour: Towards a constructive approach to depict palimpsests in Roca dels Bous

Quaternary International

Volumn 417, Issue , 2016, Pages 82-93

  Martínez Moreno, Jorge ^a   Mora Torcal, Rafael ^a   Roy Sunyer, Miquel ^a   Benito Calvo, Alfonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Archeological level; Association; High tech fieldwork; Palimpsest; Site formation processes; Superposition

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; FIELDWORK; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOLITHIC;

SPAIN;

EID: 84951811080     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.038     Document Type: Article

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