Magnetic investigations of buried palaeohearths inside a palaeolithic cave (Lazaret, Nice, France)

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 87-101

  Jrad, Abir ^a,b   Quesnel, Yoann ^a   Rochette, Pierre ^a   Jallouli, Chokri ^b,d   Khatib, Samir ^c   Boukbida, Hanane ^a   Demory, François ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c Laboratoire Départemental de Préhistoire du Lazaret   (France)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Lazaret cave; Magnetic mineralogy; Magnetic prospection; Palaeohearths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901851154     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.1469     Document Type: Article

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