Mousterian technology and settlement dynamics in the site of Hummal (Syria)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 519-537

  Hauck, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

El kowm; Lithic industries; Middle paleolithic; Site formation; Site use; Technological organization

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; LAND USE; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MOUSTERIAN; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; STANDARDIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

EL KOWM; HIMS; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 80053385351     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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