Beyond stratigraphic noise: Unraveling the evolution of stratified assemblages in faunalturbated sites

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 541-565

  Morin, Eugène ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; NOISE; OCCUPATION; SKEWNESS; STRATIFICATION; TUNNELING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33746865574     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20123     Document Type: Article

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