The setting of the Mt. Carmel caves reassessed

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 436-440

  Vita Finzi, Claudio ^a   Stringer, Chris ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; COASTAL ZONES; FOOD PRODUCTS; NATURAL RESOURCES; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEA LEVEL;

PEBBLES;

CAVES;

CAVE; CAVE DEPOSIT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FOOD; MARINE RESOURCE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; SEA LEVEL; SHORELINE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; WAVE ACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; JAML CAVE; MIDDLE EAST; MOUNT CARMEL; SKHUL CAVE; TABUN CAVE; WAD CAVE;

ANIMALIA; CENTROSTEGIA THURBERI;

ANIMAL FOODS; CAVE DEPOSITS; COASTAL PLAIN; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; HUMAN REMAINS; MARINE RESOURCES; SPRING FLOW; U-SERIES; WAVE ACTIONS;

EID: 33847207425     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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