Paleoenvironmental change and settlement dynamics in the Druze Marsh: Results of recent excavation at an open-air Paleolithic site

Quaternary International

Volumn 331, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-73

  Ames, Christopher J H ^a   Nowell, April ^b   Cordova, Carlos E ^c   Pokines, James T ^d   Bisson, Michael S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; HOMINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC;

AZRAQ BASIN; JORDAN;

EID: 84899928549     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.04.016     Document Type: Article

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