Earthquakes, subsidence, prehistoric site attrition and the archaeological record: A view from the Settlement Point site, Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska

Natural Disasters and Cultural Change

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 172-192

  Saltonstall, Patrick ^a   Carver, Gary A ^b  

^a Alutiiq Museum   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 85069597426     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203165102-16     Document Type: Chapter

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