Evaluation of evidence for pre-Columbian human occupation at Great Cave, Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 41-49

  Scudder, Sylvia J ^a   Quitmyer, Irvy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN OCCUPATION;

CAYMAN ISLANDS;

EID: 0031706121     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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