Shallow site archaeology: Artifact dispersal, stratigraphy, and radiocarbon dating at the Barger Gulch Locality B Folsom Site, Middle Park, Colorado

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 627-649

  Surovell, Todd A ^a   Waguespack, Nicole M ^a   Mayer, James H ^b   Kornfeld, Marcel ^a   Frison, George C ^a  

^a George C Frison Institute   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; DEPOSITION; DISPERSAL; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; OCCUPATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

COLORADO; MIDDLE PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23944484300     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20071     Document Type: Article

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