Faunal changes in farming communities from Basketmaker II to Pueblo III (A.D. 1-1300) in the San Juan Basin of the American Southwest

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1832-1841

  Badenhorst, Shaw ^a   Driver, Jonathan C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basketmaker; Pueblo; San Juan Basin; Southwest; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARCHAEOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; FARMING SYSTEM; FAUNA; HUNTING; LAGOMORPH; UNGULATE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLO; SAN JUAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; LAGOMORPHA; SYLVILAGUS;

EID: 67649613323     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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