Should dates trump context? Evaluation of the Cave 7 skeletal assemblage radiocarbon dates

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2754-2770

  Geib, Phil R ^a   Hurst, Winston B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Consulting Archaeologist ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Basketmaker II; Cave 7 skeletal assemblage; Dates and contextual evidence; Intergroup violence; Radiocarbon dating; War

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOCIAL IMPACT; VIOLENCE; WAR;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84875189195     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.01.034     Document Type: Article

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