Melrose Green rhyolite: Its geologic setting and petrographic and geochemical characteristics

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 913-928

  Hermes, O Don ^a   Luedtke, Barbara E ^b   Ritchie, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c Public Archaeology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Felsite; Lithics; Melrose Green; New England; Rhyolite; Trace elements; Volcanic artifacts

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; LITHIC FRAGMENT; RHYOLITE;

MASSACHUSETTS; MELROSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034835496     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2000.0605     Document Type: Article

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