Coastal Paleogeography and Human Occupation of the Western Alaska Peninsula

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 385-414

  Jordan, James W ^a   Maschner, Herbert D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; HIATUS; OCCUPATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PRESERVATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; VILLAGE;

ALASKA; ALASKA PENINSULA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0000105753     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(200006)15:5<385::AID-GEA1>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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