Wood remains from Tel Nami, a middle bronze IIa and late bronze ub port, local exploitation of trees and levantine cedar trade

Economic Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 310-317

  Lev Yadun, Simcha ^a   Artzy, Michal ^a   Marcus, Ezra ^a,b   Stidsing, Ragna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cedar trade; Cedrus libani; Charcoals; Exploitation of trees; Late Bronze; Middle Bronze; Wood remains

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030464819     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02907339     Document Type: Article

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