Holocene evolution of the Haifa Bay area, Israel, and its influence on ancient tell settlements

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 849-861

  Zviely, D ^a   Sivan, D ^a   Ecker, A ^b   Bakler, N ^c   Rohrlich, V ^d   Galili, E ^e   Boaretto, E ^f   Klein, M ^a   Kit, E ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

^f WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^g TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Haifa Bay; Holocene; Human settlement tells; Israel; Palaeocoastline; Palaeogeography; Sea levels

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; EOLIAN PROCESS; EVOLUTION; HOLOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAIFA [ISRAEL]; HAIFA BAY; ISRAEL; KISHON RIVER; MIDDLE EAST; ZEVULUN PLAIN;

AKKO;

EID: 33750212090     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hol977rp     Document Type: Article

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