Coastal shell middens in Florida: A view from the Archaic period

Quaternary International

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 38-50

  Saunders, Rebecca ^a   Russo, Michael ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MIDDEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHELLFISH;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957640092     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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