Fremont hunting and resource intensification in the eastern Great Basin

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1075-1088

  Janetski, Joel C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American southwest; Eastern Great Basin; Fremont; Late holocene; Population growth; Resource intensification

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FAUNAL REMAINS; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HISTORICAL STUDY; HUNTER-GATHERS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREHISTORIC; RESOURCES USE;

USA, (EAST);

EID: 0031429656     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0187     Document Type: Article

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