Contextual taphonomy of worked bones in the Natufian sequence of the el-Wad Terrace (Israel)

Quaternary International

Volumn 403, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-15

  Yeshurun, Reuven ^a   Kaufman, Daniel ^a   Weinstein Evron, Mina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contextual taphonomy; Mount Carmel; Natufian culture; Worked bones

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; BONE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HUNTER-GATHERER; PLEISTOCENE; TAPHONOMY; TOOL USE; ZOOLOGY;

HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; MOUNT CARMEL;

EID: 84969627185     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.07.010     Document Type: Article

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