Geoarchaeological Investigations of Midden-Formation Processes in the Early to Late Ceramic Neolithic Levels at Çatalhöyük, Turkey ca. 8550-8370 cal BP

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-49

  Shillito, Lisa Marie ^a   Matthews, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; COMPLEXITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HETEROGENEITY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NEOLITHIC; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOLITH; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SILICA; STRATIGRAPHY;

TURKEY;

EID: 84870889751     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21427     Document Type: Article

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