Investigating activity patterns in prehispanic plazas: Weak acid-extraction ICP-AES analysis of anthrosols at classic period El Coyote, northwestern Honduras

Archaeometry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-84

  Wells, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrosol chemistry; Classic period; El Coyote; Honduras; ICP AES; Middens; Plazas; Political economy; Soils; Weak acid extraction

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; EXTRACTION METHOD; MIDDEN; PREHISTORIC; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EL COYOTE; HONDURAS; YORO;

EID: 1842663393     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2004.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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