The Cross Creek Site (CA-SLO-1797) and its implications for new world colonization

American Antiquity

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-230

  Jones, Terry L ^a   Fitzgerald, Richard T ^b   Kennett, Douglas J ^c   Miksicek, Charles H ^d   Fagan, John L ^e   Sharp, John ^f   Erlandson, Jon M ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^e Archaeological Investigations Northwest Inc   (United States)

^f U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

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EID: 1842688463     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694564     Document Type: Review

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