Problems and prospects in the preservation of Late Pleistocene cultural sites in southern Oregon coastal river valleys: Implications for evaluating coastal migration routes

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 333-350

  Punke, Michele L ^a   Davis, Loren G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; ARCHAEOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; MIGRATION ROUTE; OCCUPATION; PLEISTOCENE;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645814031     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20107     Document Type: Article

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