Integrating geochemistry and micromorphology to interpret feature use at Dust Cave, a Paleo-Indian through Middle-Archaic site in northwest Alabama

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-269

  Homsey, Lara K ^a,b   Capo, Rosemary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGENIC SOURCE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644881629     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20103     Document Type: Article

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