Archaeological geology of two flow-banded spherulitic rhyolites in New England, USA: their history, exploitation and criteria for recognition

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 688-703

  Pollock, Stephen G ^a   Hamilton, Nathan D ^a   Boisvert, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

New Hampshire, USA; Spherulitic rhyulite

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; RHYOLITE; SPHERULITE;

NEW ENGLAND; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349161589     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.05.020     Document Type: Article

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