Sanz, MontserratSala, NohemiDaura, JoanPantoja-Pérez, AnaSantos, ElenaZilhão, JoãoArsuaga, Juan Luis2019-01-212019-01-212018Sanz, M., Sala, N., Daura, J., Pantoja-Perez, A., Santos, E., Zilhão, J., & Arsuaga, J. L. (2018). Taphonomic inferences about Middle Pleistocene hominins: The human cranium of Gruta da Aroeira (Portugal). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 167(3) 615-627. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.236891096-86440002-9483http://hdl.handle.net/10451/36572The aim of this work is to describe the taphonomic signatures of the Aroeira 3 cranium, with a specific focus on cranial breakage, comparing the cranium with other Middle and Upper Pleistocene hominin fossils in order to approximate the cause of death and the biological agencies and geologic processes involved in the taphonomic record of this specimen. Aroeira-3 was recovered from Acheulean layer X of Gruta da Aroeira (Portugal), dated to 390-436 ka.engAroeiraCraniumForensic anthropologyMiddle PleistoceneTaphonomyjournal article10.1002/ajpa.23689