Mesoamerican origin for an obsidian scraper from the Precolumbian southeastern United States

American Antiquity

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 103-108

  Barker, Alex W ^a   Skinner, Craig E ^b   Shackley, M Steven ^c   Glascock, Michael D ^d   Rogers, J Daniel ^e  

^a MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

^b Northwest Research Obsidian Studies Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001290408     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694879     Document Type: Article

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