Middle Palaeolithic toolstone procurement behaviors at Lusakert Cave 1, Hrazdan valley, Armenia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 91, Issue , 2016, Pages 73-92

  Frahm, Ellery ^a,b   Feinberg, Joshua M ^a,b   Schmidt Magee, Beverly A ^c   Wilkinson, Keith N ^d   Gasparyan, Boris ^e   Yeritsyan, Benik ^e   Adler, Daniel S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Lithic raw material procurement; Obsidian sourcing; Palaeolithic archaeology; Provisioning strategies; Rock magnetic characterization; Southern Caucasus

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PALEOLITHIC; TOOL USE;

ARMENIA [WEST ASIA];

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; ARMENIA; CAVE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; TECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARMENIA; CAVES; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; NEANDERTHALS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84957690288     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.10.008     Document Type: Article

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