Developing baseline data to understand environmental change: A geochemical study of archaeological otoliths from the Coorong, South Australia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1842-1857

  Disspain, Morgan ^a   Wallis, Lynley A ^a,b   Gillanders, Bronwyn M ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coorong; Middens; Otoliths; Palaeoenvironmental conditions; Trace element analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; OTOLITH; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; COORONG; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ACANTHOPAGRUS BUTCHERI; ARGYROSOMUS JAPONICUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 79958722004     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.03.027     Document Type: Article

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