87Sr/86Sr sourcing of ponderosa pine used in Anasazi great house construction at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1061-1075

  Reynolds, Amanda C ^a   Betancourt, Julio L ^b   Quade, Jay ^a   Patchett, P Jonathan ^a   Dean, Jeffrey S ^c   Stein, John ^d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Chaco Protection Sites Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Architectural timber; Botanical; Chaco Canyon; Provenance; San Juan Basin; Southwestern U.S.A.; Strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; PROVENANCE; STRONTIUM; TIMBER;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; CHACO; HOSTA; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; PICEA; PINUS PONDEROSA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 20444417064     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.01.016     Document Type: Article

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