Hayonim Cave: a TL-based chronology for this Levantine Mousterian sequence

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1064-1077

  Mercier, N ^a   Valladas, H ^a   Froget, L ^a   Joron, J L ^b   Reyss, J L ^a   Weiner, S ^c   Goldberg, P ^d   Meignen, L ^e   Bar Yosef, O ^f   Belfer Cohen, A ^g   Chech, M ^h   Kuhn, S L ⁱ   Stiner, M C ⁱ   Tillier, A M ^j   Arensburg, B ^k   Vandermeersch, B ^j  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^h MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^k TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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Author keywords

Chronology; Hayonim Cave; Mousterian; Near East; Thermoluminescence dating

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CAVE; CAVE DEPOSIT; DATA SET; FLINT; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAYONIM CAVE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 33947599572     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.09.021     Document Type: Article

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