The Geometric Kebaran human remains from Neve David, Mount Carmel, Israel;Les hommes du Kébarien géométrique de Neve David, Mont Carmel (Israël)

Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 38-51

  Bocquentin, F ^a,b   Crevecoeur, I ^c   Arensburg, B ^d   Kaufman, D ^e   Ronen, A ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Centre de Recherche Français à Jérusalem CRFJ   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggregation camps; Epipalaeolithic; Geometric Kebaran; Graves; Ground stone implements; Morphometry; Near East

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873262795     PISSN: 00378984     EISSN: 17775469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13219-010-0032-9     Document Type: Article

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