The microstratigraphy of middens: Capturing daily routine in rubbish at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey

Antiquity

Volumn 85, Issue 329, 2011, Pages 1024-1038

  Shillito, Lisa Marie ^a   Matthews, Wendy ^b   Almond, Matthew J ^b   Bull, Ian D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalcolithic; atalh y k; Micromorphology; Microstratigraphy; Middens; Neolithic; Phytoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052105982     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00068460     Document Type: Article

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