Geochemical and petrographic approaches to chert tool provenance studies: Evidence from two western USA Holocene archaeological sites

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 257, Issue , 2006, Pages 307-321

  Morgenstein, Maury ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Geosciences Management Institute Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHERT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PARAGENESIS; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELKO COUNTY; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33646573969     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.257.01.23     Document Type: Article

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