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The Feasibility of Micro-Analysis in Southwestern Archaeological Sites1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2018

Richard H. Brooks
Richard H. Brooks*
Affiliation:
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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Abstract

Midden analyses were made from 15 sample columns raken at four Wetherill Mesa sites in Mesa Verde National Park. The components in these columns were studied in accordance with methods that have proved successful at California archaeological sites. The sampling did no more than reflect data already established by standard procedures regarding the life of the prehistoric inhabitants. The number of sample columns was much too small to determine conclusively whether this type of analysis can be useful for Southwestern sites.

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Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology , Volume 19: Contributions of the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project , October 1965 , pp. 182 - 185
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1965 

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This is Contribution No. 19 of the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project.

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