Did the Last Interglacial sea penetrate Mount Carmel caves? Comments on "The setting of the Mt. Carmel caves reassessed" by C. Vita-Finzi and C. Stringer

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 19-21, 2007, Pages 2684-2685

  Ronen, Avraham ^a   Zviely, Dov ^a   Galili, Ehud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

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EID: 36248977575     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.06.003     Document Type: Letter

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