Sampling for provenance: Tailings from prehistoric stone quarries in the South Pacific

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 587-595

  Beardsley, Felicia R ^a   Goles, Gordon G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemical analysis; Provenance; Rapa Nui; Rock quarries; Sampling; Source identification

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; PREHISTORIC; PROVENANCE; QUARRYING;

(SOUTH); PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 0034974058     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2000.0589     Document Type: Article

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