Valsequillo Pleistocene archaeology and dating: Ongoing controversy in Central Mexico

World Archaeology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 611-627

  Gonzalez, Silvia ^a   Huddart, David ^a   Bennett, Matthew ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Dating; Human footprints; Pleistocene stratigraphy; Xalnene Ash

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CRANIUM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; FISSION TRACK DATING; FOOTPRINT; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; VALSEQUILLO;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33751197737     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240600963155     Document Type: Review

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