Secondary burial cemeteries, visibility and land tenure: A view from the southern Levant Chalcolithic period

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-438

  Winter Livneh, Rona ^a   Svoray, Tal ^a   Gilead, Isaac ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chalcolithic; GIS; Land tenure; Secondary burial; Southern Levant; Viewshed; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867400049     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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