TL dating of the lowest Paleolithic deposits of the Tabun Cave (Mt. Carmel, Israel);Datation par thermoluminescence de la base du gisement paleolithique de Tabun (mont Carmel, Israel)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 330, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 731-738

  Mercier, Norbert ^a   Valladas, Hélène ^a   Froget, Laurence ^a   Joron, Jean Louis ^b   Ronen, Avraham ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burnt flints; Paleolithic; Quaternary; Tabun cave; Thermoluminescence dating

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FLINT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOLITHIC; QUATERNARY;

ISRAEL; MOUNT CARMEL; TABUN CAVE;

EID: 0033948319     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)00193-2     Document Type: Article

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