Stratigraphy and Noncultural Site Formation at the Shurmai Rockshelter (GnJm1) in the Mukogodo Hills of North-Central Kenya

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-85

  Kuehn, David D ^a   Dickson, D Bruce ^b  

^a LUTHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; GRANITE; MESOLITHIC; OCCUPATION; PRECAMBRIAN; PREHISTORIC; RECONSTRUCTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

KENYA; LAIKIPIA; MUKOGODO;

EID: 0003063320     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199901)14:1<63::AID-GEA5>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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