Geochemical analysis of eight red ochres from western North America

American Antiquity

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 517-526

  Erlandson, Jon M ^a   Robertson, J D ^b   Descantes, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 0000685861     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694149     Document Type: Article

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