Experimental hearths and the thermal alteration of caliche on the Southern High Plains

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 695-716

  Backhouse, Paul N ^a,b   Johnson, Eileen ^a   Brackenreed Johnston, Alexander ^a   Buchanan, Briggs ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CALICHE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; LABORATORY METHOD; OUTCROP; THERMAL ALTERATION;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 27744600791     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20077     Document Type: Article

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