Blood protein residues on lithic artifacts from two archaeological sites in the De Long Mountains, Northwestern Alaska

Arctic

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Gerlach, S Craig ^a   Newman, Margaret ^b   Knell, Edward J ^c   Hall Jr , Edwin S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood residue analysis; Crossover electrophoresis; De Long Mountains; Forensics; Northwest Alaska; Stone tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010457899     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1178     Document Type: Article

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