Microstratigraphic analysis of level J deposits: A dual paleoenvironmental-paleoethnographic contribution to paleolithic archeology at the Abric Romaní

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789400739215, 2012, Pages 77-133

  Vallverdú Poch, Josep ^a   Courty, Marie Agnès ^a  

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

Author keywords

Formation processes; Hearth; Microstratigraphy; Paleoenvironment; Palimpsest

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044993567     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3922-2_4     Document Type: Chapter

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