Modeling ancient plant use on the Northwest Coast: Towards an understanding of mobility and sedentism

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1357-1371

  Lepofsky, Dana ^a   Lyons, Natasha ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coast Salish; Complex hunter gatherers; Northwest Coast; Paleoethnobotany

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOLOCENE; HUNTER-GATHERER; MOBILITY; PALEOBOTANY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST;

EID: 0141890753     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4403(03)00024-4     Document Type: Article

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