Techniques for verifying human footprints: Reappraisal of pre-Clovis footprints in Central Mexico

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 2571-2578

  Morse, Sarita Amy ^a   Bennett, Matthew R ^b   Gonzalez, Silvia ^c   Huddart, David ^c  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN FOOTPRINTS; ME-XICO; OBJECTIVE CRITERIA;

BIOMECHANICS;

BIOMECHANICS; COLONIZATION; FOOTPRINT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION;

EID: 77955557135     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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