The technology and significance of the Acheulian giant cores of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1901-1917

  Goren Inbar, Naama ^a   Grosman, Leore ^a   Sharon, Gonen ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acheulian; Basalt; Gesher Benot Ya'aqov; Giant cores; Reduction sequence; Technology

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; ARTIFACT; BASALT; PLEISTOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECHNOLOGY;

GESHER BENOT YA'AQOV; ISRAEL; NORTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 79958742906     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.03.037     Document Type: Article

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