Domestic activities and spatial distribution in Ain Abū Nukhayla (Wadi Rum, Southern Jordan): The use of phytoliths and spherulites studies

Quaternary International

Volumn 193, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 174-183

  Portillo, Marta ^a,b   Albert, Rosa M ^b,c   Henry, Donald O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEOLITHIC; PHYTOLITH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPHERULITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 57049131006     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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