The Early Acheulean technology of Barranc de la Boella (Catalonia, Spain)

Quaternary International

Volumn 393, Issue , 2016, Pages 95-111

  Mosquera, M ^a,b   Olle A ^a,b   Saladie P ^a,b,c   Caceres I ^a,b   Huguet, R ^a,b,d   Rosas, A ^d   Villalain J ^e   Carrancho, A ^e   Bourles D ^f   Braucher, R ^f   Pineda, A ^a,b   Vallverdu J ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

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

^c GQP CG   (Portugal)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Barranc de la Boella; Butchering site; Europe; European Early Acheulean; Late Early Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; HUNTER-GATHERER; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MAMMOTH; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TOOL USE;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

MAMMUTHUS MERIDIONALIS; MIMOMYS;

EID: 84958122720     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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