Ethnoarchaeological study of phytolith assemblages from an agro-pastoral village in Northern Greece (Sarakini): development and application of a Phytolith Difference Index

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 600-613

  Tsartsidou, Georgia ^a   Lev Yadun, Simcha ^b   Efstratiou, Nikos ^c   Weiner, Steve ^d  

^a Ministry of Culture Greece   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Activity areas; Ethnoarchaeology; Greece; Phytoliths

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDEX METHOD; PASTORALISM; PHYTOLITH; VILLAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 38349101289     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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