Flint procurement strategies in the Late Lower Palaeolithic recorded by in situ produced cosmogenic 10Be in Tabun and Qesem Caves (Israel)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 207-213

  Verri, Giovanni ^a   Barkai, Ran ^b   Gopher, Avi ^b   Hass, Michael ^c   Kubik, Peter W ^d   Paul, Michael ^a   Ronen, Abraham ^e   Weiner, Steve ^c   Boaretto, Elisabetta ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

10Be; Acheulo Yabrudian; Cosmogenic isotopes; Flint mining; Lower Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

FLINT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MINING; PALEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 11244341320     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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