Lithic resources of the Mearlodge Mountains, Wyoming: Description, distribution, and implications

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 41, Issue 156, 1996, Pages 135-164

  Church, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Knife River flint; Lithic procurement; Orthoquartzite; Quarries; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005750430     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2052546.1996.11931804     Document Type: Article

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