Digging for the color of life: Paleoindian red ochre mining at the Powars II site, Platte County, Wyoming, U.S.A

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-90

  Stafford, Michael D ^a   Frison, George C ^b   Stanford, Dennis ^c   Zeimans, George ^d  

^a Cranbrook Institute of Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; COLOR; HEMATITE; IDEOLOGY; MINING; PROCESSING; SHELL;

PLATTE COUNTY [WYOMING]; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 2442450443     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.10051     Document Type: Article

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