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Phosphorus Content of the Texas Street “Hearths”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

J. M. Cruxent
J. M. Cruxent*
Affiliation:
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Carascas, Venezuela
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Abstract

Analysis of phosphorus content of three “hearth” samples and two control samples does not support the claim that the Texas Street “hearths” are the result of man's activity. In fact, the absence of high phosphorus content of the “hearths” is considered to be strong evidence that the site was not occupied by man.

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American Antiquity , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , July 1962 , pp. 90 - 91
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1962

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