On the relationship between climate and Neandertal fire use during the Last Glacial in south-west France

Quaternary International

Volumn 436, Issue , 2017, Pages 114-128

  Sorensen, Andrew C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fire; Fire regime; Last Glacial; Lightning; Middle Palaeolithic; Neandertals

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE; LAST GLACIAL; LIGHTNING; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLITHIC;

AQUITAINE BASIN; FRANCE;

EID: 85009507969     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.10.003     Document Type: Article

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