Landforms, sediments, soil development, and prehistoric site settings on the Madaba-Dhiban Plateau, Jordan

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-56

  Cordova, Carlos E ^a   Foley, Chris ^b   Nowell, April ^c   Bisson, Michael ^d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTRATIGRAPHY; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BRONZE AGE; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; INCISED VALLEY; LANDFORM; MOUSTERIAN; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PREHISTORIC; RECONSTRUCTION; ROMAN ERA; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; TERRACE;

JORDAN;

EID: 12844266849     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20036     Document Type: Review

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