Magnetostratigraphy of the Evron Member - Implications for the age of the Middle Acheulian site of Evron Quarry

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 633-639

  Ron, Hagai ^a,b   Porat, Naomi ^c   Ronen, Avraham ^d   Tchernov, Eitan ^a   Horwitz, Liora K ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acheulian; Evron Quarry; Israel; Levant; Magnetostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DATING METHOD; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PRIMATE;

EVRON QUARRY; ISRAEL;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0038267839     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2484(03)00043-5     Document Type: Article

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