Purpose, permanence, and perception of 14,000-year-old architecture: Contextual taphonomy of food refuse

Current Anthropology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 591-618

  Yeshurun, Reuven ^a   Bar Oz, Guy ^a   Kaufman, Daniel ^a   Weinstein Evron, Mina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 84923368078     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/678275     Document Type: Article

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