Environmental change recorded in sediments from the Marmes rockshelter archaeological site, southeastern Washington state, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-32

  Huckleberry, Gary ^a   Fadem, Cynthia ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Climate change; Columbia Plateau; Human ecology; Stable isotopes; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

COLUMBIA PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33846291800     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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