Geochemical sourcing of basalt artifacts from Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3385-3393

  Mills, Peter R ^a   Lundblad, Steven P ^a   Field, Julie S ^b   Carpenter, Alan B ^c   McElroy, Windy K ^d   Rossi, Pua ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hawai'i State Department of Health   (United States)

^d Garcia and Associates   (United States)

^e Kauai Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemical sourcing; Hawaiian Islands; Provenance studies; Stone artifacts

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; PROVENANCE; STONE AGE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957254309     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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