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Neanderthal behaviour and stone tool function at the Middle Palaeolithic site of La Quina, France

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2015

Bruce L. Hardy
Bruce L. Hardy*
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Department of Anthropology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA (Email: hardyb@kenyon.edu)
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Abstract

Neanderthal diet is explored by examining stone tools found at the site of La Quina for residues and microwear. The Neanderthal people are found to be using their scrapers for working plants and woods as well as meat.

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Middle PalaeolithicNeanderthalFrancedietwood-working
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Antiquity , Volume 78 , Issue 301 , September 2004 , pp. 547 - 565
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2004

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