Wood uses at El Mirador Cave (Atapuerca, Burgos) based on anthracology and dendrology

Quaternary International

Volumn 414, Issue , 2016, Pages 285-293

  Euba, Itxaso ^a,b   Allué, Ethel ^c,d   Burjachs, Francesc ^c,d,e  

^a Instituto Catalan de Arqueologia Clasica   (Spain)

^b Arrel   (Spain)

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

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Fuel; Iberian Peninsula; Leafy fodder; Mid Holocene; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CHARCOAL; FODDER; FUEL; HOLOCENE; TREE RING; VEGETATION; WOOD;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; QUERCUS;

EID: 84991211404     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.084     Document Type: Article

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