Alluvial Stratigraphy and Geoarchaeology in the American Southwest

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 537-557

  Waters, Michael R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; CHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HUNTING; PREHISTORIC; PRESERVATION; SEMIARID REGION; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0345982621     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6548(200008)15:6<537::AID-GEA5>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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