Jaramillo hominin presence at Untermassfeld (Thuringia, Germany) - Or the struggle against the early 20th century "Mauer mandible paradigm": Reply to M. Baales (2014)

Quaternary International

Volumn 355, Issue , 2015, Pages 169-171

  Landeck, Günter ^a   Garcia, Joan ^b,c,d  

^a North Hessian Society of Prehistory and Archeology of the Medieval   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cut marked bones; Hominin occupation; Lithic industry; Pre Jaramillo; Untermassfeld

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HOMINID; OCCUPATION; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

GERMANY; SPAIN; THURINGIA;

EID: 85027954309     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.07.063     Document Type: Article

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