Swan River chert

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 41, Issue 156, 1996, Pages 165-174

  Low, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laurentide ice sheet; Plains lithic sources; Swan River chert; Thermal pre treatment; Wisconsinan glaciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005763484     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2052546.1996.11931805     Document Type: Article

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