The Effects of Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Holocene Erosion and Alluviation on the Archaeological Record of the Central and Eastern Great Plains, U.S.A

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-154

  Bettis III, E Arthur ^a   Mandel, Rolfe D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DRAINAGE BASIN; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

COLOMBIA; EASTERN PLAINS; GREAT PLAINS; IOWA; KANSAS; MIDCONTINENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347371867     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.10006     Document Type: Article

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