Radiocarbon results from the iron iia site of atar haroa in the negev highlands and their archaeological and historical implications

Radiocarbon

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Boaretto, Elisabetta ^a,b   Finkelstein, Israel ^c   Shahack Gross, Ruth ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CERAMICS; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IRON AGE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TYPOLOGY;

ISRAEL; NEGEV HIGHLANDS; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 77953667200     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200044982     Document Type: Article

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