Reflections on North American Pacific Coast prehistory

Journal of World Prehistory

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 1-45

  Moss, Madonna L ^a   Erlandson, Jon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

California; coastal prehistory; cultural complexity; ethnographic analogy; Northwest Coast; Pacific Coast

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COASTAL AREA; CULTURAL PATTERN; ETHNOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL STUDIES; PREHISTORIC;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0029540792     PISSN: 08927537     EISSN: 15737802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02221002     Document Type: Article

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