Assessing mussel shell diagenesis in the modern vadose zone at Lyon's Bluff (22OK520), Northeast Mississippi

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3694-3705

  Collins, Joe D ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aragonite diagenesis; Lyon's Bluff (22OK520); Shell tempered pottery

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAGENESIS; MOLLUSC; PROVENANCE; SHELL; TRACE ELEMENT; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864968592     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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