Elephants at the Middle Pleistocene Acheulian open-air site of Revadim Quarry, Israel

Quaternary International

Volumn 276-277, Issue , 2012, Pages 183-197

  Rabinovich, R ^a   Ackermann, O ^b   Aladjem, E ^c   Barkai, R ^d   Biton, R ^a   Milevski, I ^c   Solodenko, N ^d   Marder, O ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ISRAEL;

ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 84867659926     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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