Organization of lithic technology at 'Ein Qashish, a late Middle Paleolithic open-air site in Israel

Quaternary International

Volumn 331, Issue , 2014, Pages 234-247

  Malinsky Buller, Ariel ^a   Ekshtain, Ravid ^a   Hovers, Erella ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CAVE; FAUNA; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PALEOLITHIC;

HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; MOUNT CARMEL;

EID: 84899947214     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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