Archaeology and Human Artefacts

Tools in Fluvial Geomorphology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 59-75

  Brown, Anthony G ^a   Petit, François ^b   James, Allan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic environmental disruptions; Earth surface processes; Floodplains formations; Geoarchaeology; Human artefacts; Minning sediment (tracers); Neotectonic studies; Paleohydrological data; Pottery artefact

Indexed keywords

EARTH SURFACE PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISRUPTION; FLOOD-PLAINS; GEO ARCHAEOLOGIES; HUMAN ARTEFACTS; MINNING SEDIMENT (TRACERS); NEOTECTONICS; PALEOHYDROLOGICAL DATA; POTTERY ARTEFACT;

EID: 43549089868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470868333.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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