Micromorphology of sediments: Deciphering archaeological context

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 63-71

  Karkanas, Panagiotis ^a   Goldberg, Paul ^b  

^a Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology Speleology of Southern Greece   (Greece)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 65549087872     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJES.56.2-4.63     Document Type: Article

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