Bone implements; Compound specific radiocarbon analysis; Early Aurignacian; Late Mousterian; Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition; Northwestern Europe; Animals; Humans; Belgium; Radiometric Dating; Fossils; Archaeology; Neanderthals; Hominidae
Disciplines :
Archaeology
Author, co-author :
Abrams, Grégory ; Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, B-9000, Gent, Belgium, Scientific Department, Espace Muséal d'Andenne, B-5300, Andenne, Belgium, Faculty of Archaeology, Archaeological Sciences, Bio-Archaeology, Leiden University, 2333 CC, Leiden, the Netherlands. Electronic address: gregory.abrams@ugent.be
Devièse, Thibaut; Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, BP80-13545, Aix-en-Provence, cedex 4, France. Electronic address: deviese@cerege.fr
Pirson, Stéphane ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences historiques ; Direction scientifique et technique, Agence wallonne du Patrimoine, B-5100, Namur, Belgium
De Groote, Isabelle; Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, B-9000, Gent, Belgium, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
Flas, Damien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences historiques > Archéologie préhistorique
Jungels, Cécile ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences historiques > Archéologie préhistorique ; Scientific Department, Préhistomuseum, B-4400, Flémalle, Belgium, Les Chercheurs de la Wallonie, B-4400, Flémalle, Belgium
Jadin, Ivan; Operational Direction Earth and History of Life, Quaternary Environments & Humans, Anthropology & Prehistory, Royal Belgium Institute of Natural Sciences, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium
Cattelain, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Unités de recherche interfacultaires > Art, Archéologie et Patrimoine (AAP)
Bonjean, Dominique ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences historiques > Archéologie préhistorique ; Scientific Department, Espace Muséal d'Andenne, B-5300, Andenne, Belgium
Mathys, Aurore ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Unités de recherche interfacultaires > Art, Archéologie et Patrimoine (AAP)
Semal, Patrick; Scientific Heritage Service, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium
Higham, Thomas; Human Evolution and Archaeological Sciences (HEAS), University of Vienna, A-1030, Vienna, Austria
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