Reconstructing occupational models: Bone refits in Level I of Abric Romaní

Quaternary International

Volumn 435, Issue , 2017, Pages 180-194

  Modolo, Marta ^a,b   Rosell, Jordi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abric Roman ; Bones refitting; Methodology; Middle Palaeolithic; Occupational models; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; CHRONOLOGY; MODELING; OCCUPATION; PALEOLITHIC; RECONSTRUCTION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SPAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84975468760     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.12.098     Document Type: Article

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