Making time: 'Living floors', 'palimpsests' and site formation processes - A perspective from the open-air Lower Paleolithic site of Revadim Quarry, Israel

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-101

  Malinsky Buller, Ariel ^a   Hovers, Erella ^a   Marder, Ofer ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Living floor; Lower paleolithic; Palimpsests; Revadim quarry; Site formation processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955029460     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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