Paleoindian occupation of the high country: The case of Middle Park, Colorado

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 45, Issue 172, 2000, Pages 129-153

  Kornfeld, Marcel ^a   Frison, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronology; Middle Park, Colorado; Mountain adaptations; Paleoindian

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944447179     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2052546.2000.11931998     Document Type: Article

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