Environment and Archeology in Beringia

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-49

  Hoffecker, John F ^a   Elias, Scott A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archeology; Bering Land Bridge; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037243213     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10103     Document Type: Review

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