Building a tephrostratigraphic framework for the Paleolithic of Central Anatolia, Turkey

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 637-652

  Tryon, Christian A ^a,b   Logan, M Amelia V ^b   Mouralis, Damase ^c,d   Kuhn, Steve ^e   Slimak, Ludovic ^f   Balkan Atli, Nur ^g  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Sciences de l'Education et de la Communication   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Kaletepe Deresi 3; Lower Paleolithic; Middle Paleolithic; Tephra correlation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; HOMINID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXIDE; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; TUFF;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 58149312974     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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