Landscape evolution, alluvial architecture, environmental history, and the archaeological record of the Upper Mississippi River Valley

Geomorphology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 362-377

  Bettis III, E Arthur ^a   Benn, David W ^b   Hajic, Edwin R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Bear Creek Archeology Inc Cresco   (United States)

^c RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial architecture; Geoarchaeology; Prehistoric site densities; Upper Mississippi Valley

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ARCHAEOLOGY; BEDLOAD; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MELTWATER; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PREHISTORIC; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51749088574     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.05.030     Document Type: Article

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