The recycling of flint throughout the lower and middle paleolithic sequence of tabun cave, Israel

Quaternary International

Volumn 361, Issue , 2015, Pages 34-45

  Shimelmitz, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lithic technology; Lower paleolithic; Recycling; Tabun cave

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; FLINT; HOMINID; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PALEOLITHIC; RECYCLING; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; TABUN CAVE;

EID: 84923371696     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.08.033     Document Type: Article

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