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AbstractNative North American Indians built and maintained water control and irrigation facilities, especially in the southwestern United States. However, the use of human‐made structures to manage water for agriculture and personal use is rarely documented in the Southeast. Excavations at the protohistoric period Jordan site in Louisiana demonstrate the use of earthworks, ponds, and ditches to channel and direct surface water for drainage and irrigation. The Jordan site is remarkable for its preservation, as well as for having evidence for sophisticated hydraulic engineering, but it is unlikely that it is unique in the Southeast in regard to the degree and kind of earthmoving related to water management. Archaeological and geological contexts provide the background for understanding the Jordan site features. Results of geoarchaeological subsurface investigations demonstrate the scale and nature of the site's aboriginal constructions and provide evidence that they were part of a deliberate plan to make the site area habitable during the immediate post‐contact era in the Mississippi Val

ISSN:0883-6353    

DOI:10.1002/gea.3340060401

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis study attempts both single‐site and regional trace‐element variability assessments focusing on the Kingston Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA, and other sources of native copper in the Lake Superior region of the United States and Canada. This information is of potential significance to all studies trying to characterize and distinguish between individual mineral sources. It is of particular importance to geoarchaeologists/archaeometrists who are attempting to assign geologic/geographic origin to prehistoric copper artifacts and to those interested in the trace‐element variability (vertically and horizontally) within large ore b

ISSN:0883-6353    

DOI:10.1002/gea.3340060402

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractMeasurements of the thickness of the sediment fill in the el‐Wad Cave, Mt. Carmel, Israel were carried out using seismic refraction methods. The cave is one of the famous Mt. Carmel Caves, where finds of Mousterian to Natufian prehistoric cultures had been encountered. The survey discovered a series of karstic pits in several chambers in the cave, with good correlation between the dimension of the chambers and the thickness of the sediment fill. The deepest pit was found in the inner part of the cave, where the oldest archaeological material could be expecte

ISSN:0883-6353    

DOI:10.1002/gea.3340060403

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe accuracy of thermoluminescence dating of pottery was tested by utilizing dendro‐chronologically dated provenances in the northern part of the American Southwest. Fairly accurate determinations were achieved for potsherds recovered from sedimentary rock soil, while much younger dates were obtained for potsherds recovered from volcanic rock soil. The reduction of accumulated dose through radon escape might be responsible for the much younger dates of the sherds buried in volcanic soil. The application of the technique to samples recovered from soil matrices in volcanic materials, to burnt volcanic rocks, or to sherds containing ample volcanic rocks should be avoided for reliable determination

ISSN:0883-6353    

DOI:10.1002/gea.3340060404

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0883-6353    

DOI:10.1002/gea.3340060405

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0883-6353    

DOI:10.1002/gea.3340060406

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0883-6353    

DOI:10.1002/gea.3340060407

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0883-6353    

DOI:10.1002/gea.3340060408

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY