New radiocarbon dating of the transition from the Middle to the Upper Paleolithic in Kebara Cave, Israel

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2424-2433

  Rebollo, N R ^a   Weiner, S ^a   Brock, F ^b   Meignen, L ^c   Goldberg, P ^d   Belfer Cohen, A ^e   Bar Yosef, O ^f   Boaretto, E ^a,g  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Human evolution; Levant; Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition; Paleolithic Archaeology; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE DEPOSIT; CULTURAL HISTORY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; KEBARA CAVE;

EID: 79960092838     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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