Kaleidoscopes, palimpsests, and clay: Realities and complexities in human activities and soil chemical/residue analysis

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-302

  Dore, Christopher D ^a   Varela, Sandra L López ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chemical residue analysis; Mesoamerican ethnoarchaeology; Multivariate spatial analysis; Social archaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954952500     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-010-9092-x     Document Type: Article

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