Chronology, culture, and climate: A radiometric re-evaluation of late prehistoric occupations of Cape Denbigh, Alaska

Arctic Anthropology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-105

  Murray, Maribeth S ^a   Robertson, Aaron C ^a   Ferrara, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATING METHOD; OCCUPATION; PREHISTORIC; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

ALASKA; CAPE DENBIGH; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0942269673     PISSN: 00666939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arc.2011.0103     Document Type: Article

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