The effect of landscape and hydrologic variables on the prehistoric Salado: Geoarchaeological investigations in the Tonto Basin, Arizona

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-160

  Waters, Michael R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; FLOODING; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LANDFORM; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; OCCUPATION; PLEISTOCENE; PREHISTORIC; RECONSTRUCTION; STREAMFLOW;

ARIZONA; TONTO BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0342295287     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199802)13:2<105::AID-GEA3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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