Bison freezers and hunter-gatherer mobility: Archaeological analysis of cold lava tube caves on idaho's Snake River Plain

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 48, Issue 187, 2003, Pages 263-285

  Henrikson, L Suzann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Caves; Hunter gatherers; Snake River Plain; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042516401     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2052546.2003.11949267     Document Type: Article

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