Combustion at the late Early Pleistocene site of Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar (Murcia, Spain)

Antiquity

Volumn 90, Issue 351, 2016, Pages 571-589

  Walker, M J ^a,b   Anesin, D ^c   Angelucci, D E ^c   Aviles Fernandez A ^a,b   Berna, F ^d   Buitrago Lopez A T ^a,b   Fernandez Jalvo Y ^e   Haber Uriarte, M ^a,b   Lopez Jimenez A ^a,b   Lopez Martinez M ^a,b   Martin Lerma I ^a,b   Ortega Rodriganez J ^a,b   Polo Camacho, J L ^a,b   Rhodes, S E ^f   Richter, D ^g,h,i   Rodriguez Estrella T ^a,b,j   Schwenninger, J L ^k   Skinner, A R ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Murcian Association for the Study of Palaeoanthropology and the Quaternary (MUPANTQUAT)   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

ⁱ LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^j Dept of Electronic Technology   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^l WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Acheulean; cognitive evolution; combustion; Early Pleistocene; Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983316492     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2016.91     Document Type: Article

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