Holocene paleoshorelines, water levels and submerged prehistoric site potential of Rice Lake (Ontario, Canada)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3553-3567

  Sonnenburg, Elizabeth P ^a   Boyce, Joseph I ^a   Suttak, Philip ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaeological potential; Paleoshorelines; Prehistoric sites; Rice Lake; Submerged landscapes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PREHISTORIC; SHORELINE CHANGE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER LEVEL;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; RICE LAKE;

EID: 84865030015     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.05.035     Document Type: Article

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