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Late Glacial prehistory of central and southern Portugal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Nuno Ferreira Bicho
Nuno Ferreira Bicho*
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Department of Anthropology, Drew University, Madison NJ 07940, USA
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Very little is known of the Upper Palaeolithic of Portugal, although it has been assumed to have the same general characteristics as elsewhere in southwestern Europe. New evidence suggests clear technological distinctions between Portugal and other areas of southwestern Europe after the Last Glacial Maximum, c. 18,000 (uncalibrated) years ago, and allows an initial synthesis for Portuguese Late Glacial prehistory, 16,000-8500 b.p.

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Antiquity , Volume 67 , Issue 257 , December 1993 , pp. 761 - 775
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