Mapping of subsurface shell midden components through percussion coring: examples from the Dundas Islands

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1565-1575

  Martindale, Andrew ^a   Letham, Bryn ^a   McLaren, Duncan ^b   Archer, David ^c   Burchell, Meghan ^d   Schöne, Bernd R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Northwest Community College   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early Holocene; Northwest Coast; Percussion coring; Shell middens

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HOLOCENE; MAPPING METHOD; MIDDEN; SHELL;

AUCKLAND ISLANDS; AUSTRALASIA; DUNDAS ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67349151283     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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