Paleolithic caves and hillslope processes in south-western Samaria, Israel: Environmental and archaeological implications

Quaternary International

Volumn 398, Issue , 2016, Pages 246-258

  Frumkin, Amos ^a   Langford, Boaz ^a   Marder, Ofer ^b   Ullman, Micka ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colluvium; Filled cave; Mass wasting; Middle Paleolithic; Soil erosion; Terra rossa

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOACCUMULATION; HILLSLOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; SOIL EROSION;

CENTRAL DISTRICT; ISRAEL; QESEM CAVE; RANTIS CAVE; SAMARIA;

EID: 84931858389     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.064     Document Type: Article

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