Optical dating studies of mud-dominated alluvium and buried hearth-like features from Red River Valley, southern Manitoba, Canada

Holocene

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 570-578

  Lian, Olav B ^a   Brooks, Gregory R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alluvial; Canada; Hearth; Late Holocene; Luminescence dating; Manitoba; Optical dating; Radiocarbon dating; Red River

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGY; DATING METHOD; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 3042563356     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959-683604hl733rp     Document Type: Article

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