Initial human colonization of the Americas: An overview of the issues and the evidence

Radiocarbon

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 407-436

  Fiedel, Stuart J ^a  

^a Louis Berger Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; RADIOISOTOPE;

RADIOCARBON DATING;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANTHROPOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; HALF LIFE TIME; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MIGRATION; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; REVIEW; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0036973056     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200031817     Document Type: Review

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