Quantitative phytolith study of hearths from the Natufian and Middle Palaeolithic levels of Hayonim Cave (Galilee, Israel)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 461-480

  Albert, Rosa M ^a   Bar Yosef, Ofer ^b   Meignen, Liliane ^c   Weiner, Steve ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Dicotyledons; Hearths; Phytoliths; Prehistoric Cave

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CAVE; DIAGENESIS; DICOTYLEDON; FUEL; PHYTOLITH; PREHISTORIC;

GALILEE; HAYONIM CAVE; ISRAEL;

EID: 0037391242     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2002.0854     Document Type: Article

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