Artifact densities and assemblage formation: Evidence from Tabun Cave

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-16

  Kuhn, Steven L ^a   Clark, Amy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact discard behavior; Israel; Land use; Middle Pleistocene; Mousterian assemblages; Raw material procurement; Tabun Cave

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939952773     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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