A geoarchaeological interpretation of the Lamb Spring Site, Colorado

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 819-846

  Mandryk, Carole A S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; MAMMOTH; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLOVIS [NEW MEXICO]; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0007586485     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6548(199812)13:8<819::aid-gea3>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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