Middle Paleolithic open-air industrial areas in the Galilee, Israel: The challenging study of flint extraction and reduction complexes

Quaternary International

Volumn 331, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-102

  Gopher, A ^a   Barkai, R ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MOUSTERIAN; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

GALILEE; ISRAEL; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NORTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 84899940913     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.08.025     Document Type: Article

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