Latest Pleistocene-early Holocene human occupation and paleoenvironmental change in the Bonneville Basin, Utah-Nevada

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages 211-230

  Rhode, David ^a   Goebel, Ted ^b   Graf, Kelly E ^b   Hockett, Bryan S ^c   Jones, Kevin T ^d   Madsen, David B ^e   Oviatt, Charles G ^f   Schmitt, Dave N ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^d Utah Division of State History   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Bonneville Basin; Bonneville Estates Rockshelter; Danger Cave; Early Holocene; Late Pleistocene; Old River Bed; Paleoindian

Indexed keywords

CAVES; DEPOSITS; LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONNEVILLE BASIN; BONNEVILLE ESTATES ROCKSHELTER; EARLY HOLOCENE; LATE PLEISTOCENE; PALEOINDIAN; RIVER BED;

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84997513167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2005.fld006(10)     Document Type: Article

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