Geological-geochemical approach to "sourcing" of prehistoric chert artifacts, Northwestern Alaska

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 673-708

  Malyk Selivanova, Natalia ^a   Ashley, Gail M ^a   Gal, Robert ^b   Glascock, Michael D ^c   Neff, Hector ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CHERT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; OUTCROP; PETROLOGY; PREHISTORIC;

ALASKA; BROOKS RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042928380     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6548(199810)13:7<673::aid-gea2>3.0.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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