Dating the Ramat Saharonim Late Neolithic desert cult site

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1341-1355

  Porat, Naomi ^a   Rosen, Steven A ^b   Boaretto, Elisabetta ^c   Avni, Yoav ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cult; Israel; Luminescence dating; Neolithic; Pastoralism; Ramat Saharonim; Single grain

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; CULTURAL HISTORY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEOLITHIC; PASTORALISM; QUARTZ;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 33745511189     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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