A requiem for North American overkill

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 585-593

  Grayson, Donald K ^a   Meltzer, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clovis; Extinction; Mammoth; Mastodon; North America; Pleistocene extinctions; Pleistocene overkill

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; EXTINCTION; HUNTING; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE;

NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037408034     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4403(02)00205-4     Document Type: Article

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