Hominin Subsistence Patterns During the Middle and Late Paleolithic in Northwestern Europe

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402096983, 2009, Pages 99-111

  Gaudzinski Windheuser, Sabine ^a   Niven, Laura ^b  

^a Paleolithic Research Unit   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet breadth; Large mammal hunting; Middle upper paleolithic; Reindeer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974703598     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9699-0_7     Document Type: Chapter

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