Prehistoric human use of fire, the Eastern Agricultural Complex, and Appalachian oak-chestnut forests: Paleoecology of Cliff Palace Pond, Kentucky

American Antiquity

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 263-278

  Delcourt, Paul A ^a   Delcourt, Hazel R ^a   Ison, Cecil R ^b   Sharp, William E ^b   Gremillion, Kristen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/2694697     Document Type: Article

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