Mousterian intra-site spatial patterning at quneitra, golan heights

Quaternary International

Volumn 331, Issue , 2014, Pages 186-202

  Oron, Maya ^a   Goren Inbar, Naama ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; GIS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MOUSTERIAN; PALEONTOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GOLAN HEIGHTS; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84899896491     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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