Upland olive domestication in the chalcolithic period: New 14C determinations from El-Khawarij (AJLUN), Jordan

Radiocarbon

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 364-371

  Lovell, Jaimie L ^a   Meadows, John ^b   Jacobsen, Geraldine E ^c  

^a Council for British Research in the Levant ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; UPLAND REGION;

JORDAN;

OLEACEAE;

EID: 78049295626     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200045410     Document Type: Article

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