Glacial Lake Levels and Eastern Great Lakes Palaeo-Indians

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 415-440

  Jackson, Lawrence J ^a   Ellis, Christopher ^b,c   Morgan, Alan V ^c   McAndrews, John H ^d,e  

^a University of Western Ontario ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; LAKE LEVEL; PERSISTENCE; PLEISTOCENE; SURVEY METHOD;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PARKHILL;

EID: 0347933189     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(200006)15:5<415::AID-GEA2>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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