Modeling post-depositional mixing of archaeological deposits

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 517-540

  Brantingham, P Jeffrey ^a   Surovell, Todd A ^b   Waguespack, Nicole M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeological site formation processes; Folsom; Mathematical models; Post depositional mixing; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 35848937356     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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