Geoarchaeological context of the later phases of Mousterian occupation (80-115ka) at Nesher Ramla, Israel: Soil erosion, deposition and pedogenic processes

Quaternary International

Volumn 331, Issue , 2014, Pages 103-114

  Tsatskin, Alexander ^a   Zaidner, Yossi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

ISRAEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84899702280     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.10.050     Document Type: Article

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