Sea-level rise and archaeological site destruction: An example from the southeastern United States using DINAA (Digital Index of North American Archaeology)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Anderson, David G ^a   Bissett, Thaddeus G ^b   Yerka, Stephen J ^a   Wells, Joshua J ^c   Kansa, Eric C ^d   Kansa, Sarah W ^d   Myers, Kelsey Noack ^e   DeMuth, R Carl ^e   White, Devin A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^d Alexandria Archive Institute   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; CLIMATE; DESTRUCTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LANDSCAPE; MULTICENTER STUDY; SAMPLING; SCIENTIST; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANS AND SEAS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 85035755245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188142     Document Type: Review

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