Late Pleistocene protein residues from the Mahaffy cache, Colorado

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2337-2343

  Yohe, Robert M ^a   Bamforth, Douglas B ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

CIEP; Clovis; Late Pleistocene; Mahaffy cache; Megafauna; Stone tools

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; ELECTROKINESIS; PLEISTOCENE; PROTEIN; TAXONOMY; TOOL USE; TYPOLOGY;

BOULDER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; ELEPHANTIDAE; EQUIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84873706885     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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