No bones about it: Using lipid analysis of burned rock and groundstone residues to examine Late Archaic subsistence practices in South Texas

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 46, Issue 177, 2001, Pages 283-303

  Quigg, J Michael ^a   Malainey, Mary E ^b   Przybylski, Roman ^c   Monks, Gregory ^c  

^a TRC Environmental Corporation   (United States)

^b BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burned rock; Fatty acid analysis; Gas chromatography; Ground stone; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 20544476780     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2052546.2001.11932035     Document Type: Article

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