Prehistoric Warfare in Central Arizona, USA: Assessing Its Scale with Ceramic Chemistry

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-169

  Abbott, David R ^a   Lack, Andrew D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYLLITE; PREHISTORIC; RECONSTRUCTION;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873523043     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21432     Document Type: Article

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