Hearth functioning and forest resource exploitation based on the archeobotanical assemblage from level J

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789400739215, 2012, Pages 373-385

  Allué, Ethel ^a   Cabanes, Dan ^b   Solé, Alex ^a   Sala, Robert ^a  

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

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anthracology; Hearths; Phytoliths; Wood artifacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019788029     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3922-2_9     Document Type: Chapter

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