Isotope sourcing of prehistoric willow and tule textiles recovered from western Great Basin rock shelters and caves - proof of concept

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1588-1599

  Benson, L V ^a   Hattori, E M ^b   Taylor, H E ^a   Poulson, S R ^c   Jolie, E A ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Nevada Division of Museums and History   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotopes; Lahontan Basin; Lovelock Wickerware; Textiles

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TRACE METAL;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; HUMBOLDT RIVER; LAHONTAN BASIN; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SALIX; SALIX SP.; SCHOENOPLECTUS;

EID: 33746192212     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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