Alluvial geoarchaeology of a Middle Archaic mound complex in the lower Mississippi valley, U.S.A

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 591-614

  Arco, Lee J ^a   Adelsberger, Katherine A ^a   Hung, Ling Yu ^a   Kidder, Tristram R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE; MEANDER; OCCUPATION; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; PALEOCHANNEL; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ARKANSAS RIVER; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY ALLUVIAL AQUIFER; TENSAS BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746887791     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20125     Document Type: Article

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