Early Neanderthal constructions deep in Bruniquel Cave in southwestern France

Nature

Volumn 534, Issue 7605, 2016, Pages 111-114

  Jaubert, Jacques ^a   Verheyden, Sophie ^b,c   Genty, Dominique ^d   Soulier, Michel ^e   Cheng, Hai ^f,g   Blamart, Dominique ^d   Burlet, Christian ^b   Camus, Hubert ^h   Delaby, Serge ⁱ   Deldicque, Damien ^j   Edwards, R Lawrence ^g   Ferrier, Catherine ^a,l   Lacrampe Cuyaubère, François ^k,l   Lévêque, François ^m   Maksud, Frédéric ⁿ   Mora, Pascal ^o   Muth, Xavier ^l   Régnier, Édouard ^d   Rouzaud, Jean Noël ^j   Santos, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e Rue Bourdelle ^*  (France)

^f XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h Protée Expert Sas   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^j LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^k 2 rue des noyers   (France)

^l Get in Situ   (Switzerland)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

ⁿ Regional Archaeological Service of Midi Pyrénées   (France)

^o Université Bordeaux Montaigne   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; URANIUM;

BONE; CAVE; CULTURAL HISTORY; KNOWLEDGE; MODERNITY; NEANDERTHAL; STALAGMITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BEAR; BONE; CAVE; CHRONOLOGY; FRANCE; GEOMETRY; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; MESOLITHIC; NONHUMAN; PALEOLITHIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANIMAL; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; FIRE; HISTORY;

FRANCE;

ANIMALS; CAVES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FIRES; FRANCE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; NEANDERTHALS;

EID: 84973622867     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature18291     Document Type: Article

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