Facilities and hunter-gatherer long-term land use patterns: An example from Southwest Wyoming

American Antiquity

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-136

  Smith, Craig S ^a   McNees, Lance M ^a  

^a TRC Mariah Associates Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0005441921     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694349     Document Type: Article

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