Weighing vs. counting shellfish remains: A comment on Mason, Peterson, and Tiffany

American Antiquity

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 407-414

  Glassow, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000553210     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694067     Document Type: Review

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