The lowest levels at Dikili Tash, northern Greece: A missing link in the Early Neolithic of Europe

Antiquity

Volumn 87, Issue 335, 2013, Pages 30-45

  Lespez, Laurent ^a   Tsirtsoni, Zoï ^b   Darcque, Pascal ^b   Koukouli Chryssanthaki, Haïdo ^c   Malamidou, Dimitra ^d   Treuil, René ^b   Davidson, Robert ^a   Kourtessi Philippakis, Georgia ^e   Oberlin, Christine ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b Inrap)   (France)

^c 18th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities ^*  (Greece)

^d not available   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Coring; Early Neolithic; Greece; Macedonia; Tell settlement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875310664     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00048602     Document Type: Article

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