Geochemical impacts to prehistoric iron-rich siliceous artifacts in the nearshore coastal zone

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 690-697

  Lowery, Darrin L ^a,b   Wagner, Daniel P ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Geo Sci Consultants LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal geochemistry; Inundated archaeological sites; Marine transgression; Prehistoric lithic artifacts; Sulfidization; Sulfuricization; Tidal marsh environments

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; COASTAL ZONE; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PREHISTORIC; REACTION KINETICS; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; SULFIDE; SULFUR; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83655181145     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.10.035     Document Type: Article

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