Mortars, pestles, and Division of Labor in prehistoric California: A view from big sur

American Antiquity

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-264

  Jones, Terry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/282420     Document Type: Review

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