Central Place Models of Acorn and Mussel Processing

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 887-899

  Bettinger, Robert L ^a   Malhi, Ripan ^a   McCarthy, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorn (Quercus spp.); Central place foraging; Field processing; Mussel (Mytilus spp.); Western mono

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001757564     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0168     Document Type: Article

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