Application of petrographic and geochemical methods to sourcing felsitic archaeological materials in southeastern New England

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-30

  Hermes, O Don ^a   Ritchie, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Public Archaeology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBONIFEROUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FELSIC ROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; ORDOVICIAN; PETROGRAPHY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT;

BOSTON BASIN; LYNN; MASSACHUSETTS; NARRAGANSETT BAY; NEW ENGLAND; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0002452628     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199701)12:1<1::AID-GEA1>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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