Archaeofacies analysis: Using depositional attributes to identify anthropic processes of deposition in a monumental shell mound of Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-335

  Villagran, Ximena S ^a   Giannini, Paulo C F ^a   Deblasis, Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; PROVENANCE; SHELL;

BRAZIL; SANTA CATARINA;

EID: 69249202486     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20269     Document Type: Article

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