Monospecific or Species-Dominated Faunal Assemblages During the Middle Paleolithic in Europe

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 137-147

  Gaudzinski, Sabine ^a  

^a Schloss Monrepos   (Germany)

Author keywords

Faunal Assemblage; Late Glacial; Mammal Bone; Oxygen Isotope Stage; Subsistence Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85118639264     PISSN: 15682722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-24661-4_8     Document Type: Chapter

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