Drawn by the bison: Late Prehistoric native migration into the Central Plains

Great Plains Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 259-270

  Ritterbush, Lauren W ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Central Plains; Central Plains tradition; Migration; Oneota

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MIGRATION; PREHISTORIC;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036767154     PISSN: 02757664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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