Rapid, in-stride soil phosphate measurement in archaeological survey: a new method tested in Loudoun County, Virginia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1859-1867

  Rypkema, Heather A ^a   Lee, Wayne E ^b   Galaty, Michael L ^c   Haws, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c MILLSAPS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Site prospection; Soil phosphate; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; EXTRACTION METHOD; PHOSPHATE; SOIL ANALYSIS;

LOUDOUN COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 34548798587     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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