On the edge: Southern levantine epipalaeolithic-neolithic chronological succession

Levant

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-138

  Finlayson, Bill ^a   Mithen, Steven ^b   Smith, Sam ^c  

^a Council for British Research in the Levant ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronology; Harifian; Neolithic; PPNA; Transition; WF16

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155188498     PISSN: 00758914     EISSN: 17563801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/175638011X13112549592961     Document Type: Article

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