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Cautionary Note on Soil Phosphate Data Interpretation for Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

E. M. White*
Affiliation:
Piant Science Department, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57006

Abstract

Data reporting the relative amounts of PO4 in different forms will have limited value for archaeology if data for the undisturbed soil are not available.

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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1978

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