Refining the definition of cultural levels at Karabi Tamchin: a quantitative approach to vertical intra-site spatial analysis

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2274-2285

  Anderson, Kirsten L ^a   Burke, Ariane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural organization; Geographic information systems; Middle Palaeolithic; Neanderthals; Three dimensional spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURAL HISTORY; GIS; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CRIMEA; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE;

EID: 44449093952     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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