The domestication of water: The Neolithic well at Sha'ar Hagolan, Jordan Valley, Israel

Antiquity

Volumn 80, Issue 309, 2006, Pages 686-696

  Garfinkel, Yosef ^a   Vered, Ariel ^a   Bar Yosef, Ofer ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Jordan Valley; Neolithic; Water; Well

Indexed keywords

ARTESIAN WELL; DOMESTICATION; HYDROLOGY; NEOLITHIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JORDAN VALLEY; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33749442777     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00094138     Document Type: Article

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