Steel files as chronological markers in North American fur trade sites

Archaeometry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-135

  Wiltzen, T S ^a   Wayman, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Chemistry; Chronology; Eighteenth century; Energy dispersive X ray analysis; File; Microstructure; Nineteenth century; North America; Optical microscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Steel; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033068221     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1999.tb00855.x     Document Type: Article

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