Cannibalism, warfare, and drought in the Mesa Verde region during the twelfth century A.D.

American Antiquity

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 145-178

  Billman, Brian R ^a   Lambert, Patricia M ^b   Leonard, Banks L ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Soil Systems Inc   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/2694812     Document Type: Article

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