The Palaeoindian-Archaic transition in North America: New evidence from Texas

Antiquity

Volumn 76, Issue 294, 2002, Pages 980-990

  Bousman, C Britt ^a   Collins, Michael B ^a   Goldberg, Paul ^a   Stafford, Thomas ^a   Guy, Jan ^a   Baker, Barry W ^a   Steele, D Gentry ^a   Kay, Marvin ^a   Kerr, Anne ^a   Fredlund, Glen ^a   Dering, Phil ^a   Holliday, Vance ^a   Wilson, Diane ^a   Gose, Wulf ^a   Dial, Susan ^a   Takac, Paul ^a   Balinsky, Robin ^a   Masson, Marilyn ^a   Powell, Joseph F ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d Stafford Research Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^h SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^l STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Archaic; Cultural transitions; Early Holocene; North America; Palaeoindian; Terminal Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; SOCIAL HISTORY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036928574     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00091791     Document Type: Article

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