The Middle Paleolithic occupations of Üçağizli II Cave (Hatay, Turkey): Geoarcheological and archeological perspectives

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 409-426

  Baykara, Ismail ^a   Mentzer, Susan M ^b,c   Stiner, Mary C ^c   Asmerom, Yemane ^d   Güleç, Erksin Savaş ^e   Kuhn, Steven L ^c  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Combustion; Levallois; Levant; Mediterranean Coast; Micromorphology; Middle Paleolithic; Turkey; Upper Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944224774     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.09.022     Document Type: Article

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