Chert provenance analysis at the Mack Canyon Site, Sherman county, Oregon: An evaluative study

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-81

  Hess, Sean C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CHERT; MICROSTRUCTURE; OUTCROP; PROVENANCE; QUARRY; SITE INVESTIGATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COLUMBIA PLATEAU; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0005750431     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199601)11:1<51::AID-GEA3>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Review

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