Geoarchaeology and aggradation around Kinet Höyük, an archaeological mound in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey

Geomorphology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 416-428

  Beach, Timothy P ^a   Luzzadder Beach, Sheryl ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggradation; Geoarchaeology; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLOODPLAIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SILTATION;

EURASIA; HATAY; KINET HOYUK; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [TURKEY]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); TURKEY;

EID: 52749094166     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.04.025     Document Type: Article

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