The origins of sedentism and farming communities in the Levant

Journal of World Prehistory

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 447-498

  Bar Yosef, Ofer ^a   Belfer Cohen, Anna ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Early Neolithic; Epi Paleolithic; Levant; Natufian; Origins of Agriculture; Sedentism

Indexed keywords

SEDENTISM; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SUBSISTENCE PATTERN;

LEVANT;

EID: 0024795501     PISSN: 08927537     EISSN: 15737802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00975111     Document Type: Article

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