Landscape evolution and human occupation during the Archaic period on the northern Plains

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 725-740

  Oetelaar, Gerald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EXCAVATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

PEDOGENIC UNITS; STRATIFIED SITES; WATER SOURCES;

EARTH SCIENCES;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

ALBERTA; CALGARY; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 4043123899     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e04-015     Document Type: Article

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