Back to Fasad... and the PPNB controversy. Questioning a Levantine origin for Arabian Early Holocene projectile points technology

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-36

  Charpentier, Vincent ^a   Crassard, Rémy ^b  

^a Inrap)   (France)

^b University Lumière Lyon 2   (France)

Author keywords

Fasad point; Lithic technology; Oman; PPNB; Qatar B; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; HOLOCENE; NEOLITHIC;

LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OMAN; QATAR; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84876714373     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aae.12011     Document Type: Article

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