Seasonality of the Scottsbluff and Lipscomb Bison Bonebeds: Implications for Modeling Paleoindian Subsistence

American Antiquity

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 813-827

  Todd, Lawrence C ^a   Hofman, Jack L ^b   Schultz, C Bertrand ^c  

^a Emerging Investigations and Analytic Methods Branch   (United States)

^b Oklahoma Archeological Survey   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0006334724     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/281252     Document Type: Review

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