Prehistoric marine mammal hunting in context: Two Western North American examples

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 12-22

  Colten, Roger H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal adaptations; Faunal analysis; Marine mammals; Native American; Otariidae; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038895255     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.609     Document Type: Article

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