Immunological and microwear analysis of chipped-stone artifacts from Piedmont contexts

American Antiquity

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-135

  Petraglia, Michael ^a   Knepper, Dennis ^a   Glumac, Petar ^a   Newman, Margaret ^b   Sussman, Carole ^c  

^a Parsons Engineering Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0003592885     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/282307     Document Type: Article

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