Tortoises as a dietary supplement: A view from the Middle Pleistocene site of Qesem Cave, Israel

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 133, Issue , 2016, Pages 165-182

  Blasco, Ruth ^a,b   Rosell, Jordi ^c,d   Smith, Krister T ^e   Maul, Lutz Christian ^e   Sañudo, Pablo ^d   Barkai, Ran ^b   Gopher, Avi ^b  

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

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^e SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Levant; Middle Pleistocene; Qesem Cave; Small game; Taphonomy; Tortoises

Indexed keywords

CAVES;

LEVANT; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; SMALL GAME; TAPHONOMY; TORTOISES;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS;

BODY SIZE; DIET; EXPLOITATION; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; PREY AVAILABILITY; RECONSTRUCTION; TAPHONOMY; TURTLE;

CENTRAL DISTRICT; ISRAEL; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; QESEM CAVE;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 84953339134     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.12.006     Document Type: Article

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