Natuflan trade/exchange in basalt implements: Evidence from northern Israel

Archaeometry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-273

  Weinstein Evron, M ^a   Lang, B ^b   Ilani, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Basalt; Epipalaeolithic; Exchange; Israel; K Ar dating; Natufian; Stone implements; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033176925     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1999.tb00982.x     Document Type: Article

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