The sourcing and interpretation of Cahokia-style figurines in the Trans-Mississippi South and Southeast

American Antiquity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 287-313

  Emerson, Thomas E ^a   Hughes, Randall E ^b   Hynes, Mary R ^a   Wisseman, Sarah U ^c  

^a University of Illinois   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/3557081     Document Type: Article

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