Geoarchaeology of the mockingbird gap (clovis) site, Jornada del Muerto, New Mexico

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 348-370

  Holliday, Vance T ^a   Huckell, Bruce B ^b   Weber, Robert H ^c   Hamilton, Marcus J ^b   Reitze, William T ^a   Mayer, James H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXCAVATION; GEOACCUMULATION; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE; MAPPING; OCCUPATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

CLOVIS [NEW MEXICO]; JORNADA DEL MUERTO; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249222745     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20265     Document Type: Article

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