Raw material exploitation around the middle paleolithic site of 'EinQashish

Quaternary International

Volumn 331, Issue , 2014, Pages 248-266

  Ekshtain, Ravid ^a   Malinsky Buller, Ariel ^a   Ilani, Shimon ^b   Segal, Irina ^b   Hovers, Erella ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ARTIFACT; COLOR; LANDSCAPE; LIFE HISTORY; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PALEOLITHIC; TEXTURE;

EID: 84899922651     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.07.025     Document Type: Article

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