Modern Wyoming plant and pronghorn isoscapes and their implications for archaeology

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-156

  Fenner, Jack N ^a   Frost, Carol D ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Humidity; Isotope; Pronghorn; Sagebrush; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HUMIDITY; PRONGHORN; SAGEBRUSH; WYOMING;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HISTORY; MOISTURE; OXYGEN; STRONTIUM;

ISOTOPES;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON ISOTOPE; HUNTER-GATHERER; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RUMINANT; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TOOTH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ANTILOCAPRIDAE; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 66349138068     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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