Origins and spread of shell-tempered ceramics in the eastern Woodlands: Conceptual and methodological frameworks for analysis

Southeastern Archaeology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 286-293

  Feathers, James K ^a   Peacock, Evan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; PREHISTORIC; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 60849139075     PISSN: 0734578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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