New data from Ambrona: Closing the hunting versus scavenging debate

Quaternary International

Volumn 126-128, Issue 1 SPEC.ISS., 2005, Pages 223-250

  Villa, Paola ^a   Soto, Enrique ^b   Santonja, Manuel ^c   Pérez González, Alfredo ^d   Mora, Rafael ^e   Parcerisas, Joaquim ^e   Sesé, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c Junta de Castilla y León   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE DEPOSIT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HUNTER-GATHERER; PALEOLITHIC; SCAVENGING (FEEDING);

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 8744293014     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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