Geoarchaeology and Archaeostratigraphy View from a Northwest Coast Shell Midden

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 61-80

  Stein, Julie K ^a  

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Author keywords

Archaeological Context; Archaeological Record; Carbonate Data; Carbonate Percentage; Northwest Coast

Indexed keywords

EID: 85036534457     PISSN: 15682722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71303-8_4     Document Type: Chapter

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