Elemental prospecting and geoarchaeology in Turkey and Mexico

Catena

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-129

  Luzzadder Beach, Sheryl ^a   Beach, Timothy ^b   Terry, Richard E ^c   Doctor, Katarina Z ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geoarchaeology; Mexico; Soil chemistry; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; IRON AGE; PHOSPHATE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TURKEY;

EID: 79951950291     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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