Temporal frequency distributions of alluvium in the American Southwest: Taphonomic, paleohydraulic, and demographic implications

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1314-1325

  Ballenger, Jesse A M ^a   Mabry, Jonathan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Historic Preservation Office City of Tucson   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Proboscideans; Radiocarbon; Stratigraphy; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; TAPHONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARIZONA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; SANTA CRUZ RIVER [ARIZONA]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79954632864     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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