What's in a beach? Soil micromorphology of sediments from the Lower Paleolithic site of 'Ubeidiya, Israel

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-206

  Mallol, Carolina ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Fluviolacustrine; Geoarchaeology; Marsh; Mudflat; Site formation; Soil micromorphology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; HOMINID; MICROMORPHOLOGY; SOIL;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33746343052     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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