Fire for a reason: Barbecue at middle pleistocene Qesem cave, Israel

Current Anthropology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages S314-S328

  Barkai, Ran ^a   Rosell, Jordi ^b,c   Blasco, Ruth ^a,d   Gopher, Avi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

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

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

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EID: 85029531143     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/691211     Document Type: Article

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