Magnetic Detection of Heated Soils at Paleolithic Sites in Japan

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 377-399

  Morinaga, Hayao ^a   Inokuchi, Hiroo ^b   Yamashita, Hideki ^c   Ono, Akira ^d   Inada, Takashi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Museum of Kyoto   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; HEATING; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOLITHIC; SILTY SOIL; SOIL TYPE; VOLCANIC ASH;

JAPAN;

EID: 0000636733     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199906)14:5<377::AID-GEA2>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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