Firewood and hearths: Middle Palaeolithic woody taxa distribution from El Salt, stratigraphic unit Xb (Eastern Iberia)

Quaternary International

Volumn 457, Issue , 2017, Pages 74-84

  Vidal Matutano, Paloma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Charcoal analysis; Combustion; El Salt; Middle Palaeolithic; Palimpsests; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; PALEOLITHIC; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY; WOOD;

DURANGO [MEXICO]; EL SALTO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84995900154     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.07.040     Document Type: Article

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