An analysis of the compositional integrity of the Levantine Mousterian facies

Quaternary International

Volumn 300, Issue , 2013, Pages 213-233

  Culley, Elisabeth V ^a   Popescu, Gabriel ^a   Clark, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACIES ANALYSIS; MOUSTERIAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOLITHIC; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84879000356     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.11.030     Document Type: Article

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