Holocene alluvial sequences, cumulic soils and fire signatures in the middle rio puerco basin at Guadalupe Ruin, New Mexico

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 638-676

  French, Charles ^a   Periman, Richard ^b   Cummings, Linda Scott ^c   Hall, Stephen ^d   Goodman Elgar, Melissa ^e   Boreham, Julie ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Paleoresearch Institute   (United States)

^d Red Rock Geological Enterprises   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Prospect House   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHARCOAL; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; MAIZE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; RADIOCARBON DATING; TRIBUTARY;

CALIFORNIA; GUADALUPE; NEW MEXICO; PUERCO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949164212     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20278     Document Type: Article

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