Towards new paradigms: Multiple pathways for the Arabian Neolithic

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-8

  Crassard, Rémy ^a   Drechsler, Philipp ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabia; Archaeozoology; Levant; Lithic technology; Neolithic; Research history

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; MODELING; NEOLITHIC; PARADIGM SHIFT; PLEISTOCENE;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84876742608     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aae.12021     Document Type: Article

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