Shape Reproducibility and architectural symmetry during the Chalcolithic period in the southern Levant

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1340-1353

  Winter Livneh, Rona ^a   Svoray, Tal ^a   Gilead, Isaac ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Architecture; Chalcolithic; Gis; Shape reproducibility; Southern levant; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; ARTIFACT; BRONZE AGE; CERAMICS; FLINT; GIS; PREHISTORIC; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHAPE; SYMMETRY;

GOLAN HEIGHTS; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES;

EID: 84885485443     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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