Sentinel Butte: Neutron activation analysis of White River Group chert from a primary source and artifacts from a Clovis cache in North Dakota, USA

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 965-976

  Huckell, Bruce B ^a   Kilby, J David ^b   Boulanger, Matthew T ^c   Glascock, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Clovis cache; INAA; North Dakota; White River Group chert

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHERT; EOCENE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PLEISTOCENE; SILICATE;

NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WHITE RIVER [UNITED STATES];

EID: 79952188612     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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