The chemical composition of Jasper artefacts from New England and the middle atlantic: Implications for the prehistoric exchange of "Pennsylvania Jasper"

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 793-812

  King, Adam ^a   Hatch, James W ^a   Scheetz, Barry E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Jasper; Lithic sourcing; Reading prong; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043232431     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0161     Document Type: Article

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