Determining the provenience of Kennewick Man skeletal remains through sedimentological analyses

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 651-665

  Huckleberry, Gary ^a   Stein, Julie K ^b   Goldberg, Paul ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbia River; Micromorphology; Sedimentology; Skeleton; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BEHAVIOR; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SKELETON; TAPHONOMY;

KENNEWICK; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0038661696     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4403(02)00200-5     Document Type: Article

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