Taphonomic approach to the palynological record of burnt and unburnt samples from El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain)

Quaternary International

Volumn 414, Issue , 2016, Pages 258-271

  Exposito I ^a,b   Burjachs, F ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Burning; Fumier; NPP; Pollen analysis; Sedimentary facies; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; BURNING; CAVE DEPOSIT; DIAGENESIS; FACIES ANALYSIS; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; TAPHONOMY;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

EID: 84958567770     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.01.051     Document Type: Article

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