Obsidian use in Wyoming and the concept of curation

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 44, Issue 169, 1999, Pages 271-291

  Smith, Craig S ^a  

^a TRC Mariah Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Curation; Mobile hunter gatherers; Obsidian; Technological organization; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000599202     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2052546.1999.11931920     Document Type: Short Survey

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