Geoarchaeology of the Boca Negra Wash Area, Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico, USA

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 756-802

  Holliday, Vance T ^a   Huckell, Bruce B ^b   Mayer, James H ^c   Forman, Steven L ^d   McFadden, Leslie D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BASIN FILL; CARBON ISOTOPE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; UPLAND REGION;

ALBUQUERQUE BASIN; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845284236     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20139     Document Type: Article

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