Archeological Dendrochronology in the Southwestern United States

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 68-84

  Towner, Ronald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dating theory; Dendrochronology; Southwest archeology; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036244001     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10009     Document Type: Article

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