Diagenesis in prehistoric caves: The use of minerals that form in situ to assess the completeness of the archaeological record

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 915-929

  Karkanas, Panagiotis ^a   Bar Yosef, Ofer ^b   Goldberg, Paul ^c   Weiner, Steve ^d  

^a Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology Speleology of Southern Greece   (Greece)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ash; Cave sediments; Diagenesis; Phosphate minerals

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CAVE DEPOSIT; DIAGENESIS; PREHISTORIC;

EID: 0033782095     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1999.0506     Document Type: Article

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