Plant-food preparation on two consecutive floors at Upper Paleolithic Ohalo II, Israel

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-71

  Snir, Ainit ^a   Nadel, Dani ^b   Weiss, Ehud ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

3D spatial analysis; Activity area; Archaeobotany; Food preparation; Ohalo II; Upper Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOLITHIC; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84909595134     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.09.023     Document Type: Article

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