Location and appropriation in the Arctic: An integrative zooarchaeological approach to historic Inuit household economies

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-118

  Henshaw, Anne S ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0033095962     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaar.1998.0333     Document Type: Article

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