Developing oxygen isotope proxies from archaeological sources for the study of Late Holocene human-climate interactions in coastal southwest Florida

Quaternary International

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-11

  Walker, Karen J ^a   Surge, Donna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOLOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSALINITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FELIS; MERCENARIA CAMPECHIENSIS;

EID: 33646597763     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.01.022     Document Type: Article

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