Formation processes and stratigraphic integrity of the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic sequence at Cova Gran de Santa Linya (Southeastern Prepyrenees of Lleida, Iberian Peninsula)

Quaternary International

Volumn 417, Issue , 2016, Pages 16-38

  Polo Díaz, Ana ^a   Benito Calvo, Alfonso ^b   Martínez Moreno, Jorge ^c   Mora Torcal, Rafael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cova Gran; Formation processes; Geoarchaeology; Iberian Peninsula; Microstratigraphy; Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964556453     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.113     Document Type: Article

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