Petrography and provenance of sand temper within ceramic sherds from Carriacou, Southern Grenadines, West Indies

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 450-477

  Pavia, Jennifer A ^a   Marsaglia, Kathleen M ^a   Fitzpatrick, Scott M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CERAMICS; FELDSPAR; MAGMATISM; MINERAL PROPERTY; PETROGRAPHY; PLAGIOCLASE; PROVENANCE;

BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GRENADINES; LESSER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

EID: 84881545800     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21449     Document Type: Article

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