Human tracks from quaternary tufa deposits, Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 12-24

  Gonzalez, Arturo H G ^a   Lockley, Martin G ^b   Rojas, Carmen S ^c   Espinoza, Jose Lopez ^a   Gonzalez, Silvia ^d  

^a Museo del Desierto   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coahuila; Cuatro Cienegas; Human footprints; Mexico; Tufa deposits

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARIDITY; DEPOSITION; FOOTPRINT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; ICHNOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; TRACKWAY; TUFA;

COAHUILA; CUATRO CIENEGAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 58449086691     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940802470672     Document Type: Article

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