Plant-food preparation area on an Upper Paleolithic brush hut floor at Ohalo II, Israel

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2400-2414

  Weiss, Ehud ^a,b   Kislev, Mordechai E ^a   Simchoni, Orit ^a   Nadel, Dani ^c   Tschauner, Hartmut ^d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Division of labor; Food preparation; Ohalo II; Spatial analysis; Upper palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BOTANY; HUNTER-GATHERER; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 44449165487     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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