Geochemical sourcing of rock specimens and stone artifacts from Nihoa and Necker Islands, Hawai'i

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 858-871

  Lebo, Susan A ^a   Johnson, Kevin T M ^b  

^a BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemical sourcing; Northwestern Hawaiian Islands; Provenance studies; Stone artifacts

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; DATA SET; GEOCHEMISTRY; PROVENANCE; TRACE ELEMENT;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NECKER ISLAND; NIHOA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847345169     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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