The economic and ritual utilization of plants at the Raqefet Cave Natufian site: The evidence from phytoliths

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-65

  Power, Robert C ^a   Rosen, Arlene M ^b   Nadel, Dani ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Burial customs; Hunter gatherer; Natufian; Near East; Phytoliths; Raqefet Cave; Southern Levant; Subsistence; Wild cereals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890176878     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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