A new strategy for analyzing the chronometry of constructed rock features in deserts

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-303

  Cerveny, Niccole Villa ^a   Kaldenberg, Russell ^b   Reed, Judyth ^c   Whitley, David S ^d   Simon, Joseph ^d   Dorn, Ronald I ^e  

^a Mesa Community College   (United States)

^b Mojave Desert Cultural and Historical Association   (United States)

^c US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^d W and S Consultants   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; DESERT; PEDOGENESIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; ROCK MECHANICS;

CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN; ICA; NAZCA; PERU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644917113     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20097     Document Type: Review

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