Intra-site variability in lithic recycling at Qesem Cave, Israel

Quaternary International

Volumn 361, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-102

  Assaf, Ella ^a   Parush, Yoni ^a   Gopher, Avi ^a   Barkai, Ran ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acheulo yabrudian cultural complex; Amudian; Lithic recycling; Qesem cave; Variability; Yabrudian

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE; FLINT; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PALEOLITHIC; RECYCLING;

CENTRAL DISTRICT; ISRAEL; QESEM CAVE;

EID: 85027933574     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.07.071     Document Type: Article

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