Assumptions about Species: A case study of tortoise bones from SE Texas

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-74

  Baker, Barry W ^a   Shaffer, Brian S ^a  

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EID: 0008310973     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: 20424582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/009346999792005242     Document Type: Article

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