Stable isotope provenance analysis of Olivella Shell beads from the Los Angeles basin and San Nicolas Island

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-119

  Eerkens, Jelmer W ^a   Rosenthal, Jeffrey S ^b   Stevens, Nathan E ^a   Cannon, Amanda ^c   Brown, Eric L ^a   Spero, Howard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Far Western Anthropological Research Group   (United States)

^c Statistical Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bead production; Olivella biplicata; Southern California

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; GASTROPOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREHISTORIC; PROVENANCE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SHELL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; LOS ANGELES BASIN; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; SAN NICOLAS ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

OLIVELLA; OLIVELLA BIPLICATA;

EID: 77951576468     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564890902955327     Document Type: Article

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