Modeling Folsom mobility, mating strategies, and technological organization in the northern Plains

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 44, Issue 168, 1999, Pages 141-161

  MacDonald, Douglas H ^a  

^a GAI Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobtail Wolf site; Folsom; Lithic technological organization; Mating strategies; Mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006334947     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2052546.1999.11931952     Document Type: Article

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