Depositional and Paleoenvironmental setting of the Bizat Ruhama early pleistocene archaeological assemblages, Northern Negev, Israel: A microstratigraphic perspective

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-141

  Mallol, Carolina ^a   VanNieuwenhuyse, Dorcas ^b   Zaidner, Yossi ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; COASTAL PLAIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HOMINID; MICROMORPHOLOGY; OCCUPATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATION; SEMIARID REGION; WATERLOGGING;

ISRAEL; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 78650131189     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20339     Document Type: Article

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