Embedded Behavior: Human Activities and the Construction of the Mesolithic Shellmound of Cabeço da Amoreira, Muge, Portugal

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 530-549

  Aldeias, Vera ^a,b   Bicho, Nuno ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MESOLITHIC; MICROFACIES; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MIDDEN; SHELLFISH;

PORTUGAL; TAGUS RIVER;

EID: 84966550808     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21573     Document Type: Article

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