The stratigraphy and paleogeography of the Middle Paleolithic open-air site of 'Ein Qashish, Northern Israel

Quaternary International

Volumn 331, Issue , 2014, Pages 203-215

  Greenbaum, N ^a   Ekshtain, R ^b   Malinsky Buller, A ^b   Porat, N ^c   Hovers, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MARSH; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; PREHISTORIC; QUARTZ; RECONSTRUCTION; SANDSTONE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [ISRAEL]; MOUNT CARMEL; QISHON RESERVOIR;

EID: 84899947794     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.10.037     Document Type: Article

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