Ash deposits in Hayonim and Kebara caves, Israel: Macroscopic, microscopic and mineralogical observations, and their archaeological implications

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 763-781

  Schiegl, Solveig ^a   Goldberg, Paul ^b   Bar Yosef, Ofer ^c   Weiner, Steve ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ash layers; Cave sediments; Fire; Micromorphology; Mousterian; Palaeolithic; Phosphate minerals; Siliceous aggregates

Indexed keywords

ASH MINERALOGY; CALCITE; HEARTH; PALAEOLITHIC; PHOSPHATE; SILICA;

ISRAEL, HAYONIM CAVE; ISRAEL, KEBARA CAVE;

EID: 0030485206     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0071     Document Type: Article

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