Radiocarbon dates from soil profiles in the teotihuacán valley, Mexico: Indicators of geomorphological processes

Radiocarbon

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-175

  McClung De Tapia, Emily ^a   Rubio, Irma Domínguez ^b   Castro, Jorge Gama ^a   Solleiro, Elizabeth ^a   Sedov, Sergey ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CHARCOAL;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SOIL PROFILE;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; DEFORESTATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE; MEXICO; PEDOGENESIS (SOIL); POLLEN; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY;

MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEOTIHUACAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17144386165     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200052279     Document Type: Article

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