Tui chub taphonomy and the importance of marsh resources in the western Great Basin of north America

American Antiquity

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 699-717

  Butler, Virginia L ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000834318     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/282012     Document Type: Article

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