The age of three Middle Palaeolithic sites: Single-grain optically stimulated luminescence chronologies for Pech de l'Azé I, II and IV in France

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 80-103

  Jacobs, Zenobia ^a   Jankowski, Nathan R ^a   Dibble, Harold L ^b,c,d   Goldberg, Paul ^a,e   McPherron, Shannon J P ^d   Sandgathe, Dennis ^f   Soressi, Marie ^d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Boston University   (United States)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mousterian of the Acheulian Tradition; Neandertal; Optical dating; Quina Mousterian; Typical Mousterian

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; AGE DETERMINATION; CHRONOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MOUSTERIAN; NEANDERTHAL; QUARTZ;

AQUITAINE; DORDOGNE; FRANCE;

ANTIRHEA;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; FRANCE; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; LUMINESCENCE; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; FRANCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; NEANDERTHALS;

EID: 84969216972     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.03.010     Document Type: Article

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