Use of space in a Neolithic village in Greece (Makri): phytolith analysis and comparison of phytolith assemblages from an ethnographic setting in the same area

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2342-2352

  Tsartsidou, Georgia ^a   Lev Yadun, Simcha ^b   Efstratiou, Nikos ^c   Weiner, Steve ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Activity areas; Agropastoral; Greece; Neolithic; Phytoliths

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTIVATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEOLITHIC; PASTORALISM; PHYTOLITH; PUBLIC SPACE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; VILLAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 68349083479     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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