The Hidden Record: Late Holocene Landscapes and Settlement Archaeology in the Lower Ohio River Valley

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 117-140

  Stafford, C Russell ^a   Creasman, Steven D ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cultural Resource Analysts Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM; LANDSCAPE; RADIOCARBON DATING; VALLEY FILL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MIAMI; OHIO VALLEY [PENNSYLVANIA-OHIO]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345982696     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.10007     Document Type: Article

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