Medieval climatic anomaly and punctuated cultural evolution in coastal Southern California

American Antiquity

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 319-336

  Raab, L Mark ^a   Larson, Daniel O ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001333725     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/282513     Document Type: Article

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