A premature burial: Comments on Grayson and Meltzer's "Requiem for overkill"

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 121-131

  Fiedel, Stuart ^a   Haynes, Gary ^b  

^a Louis Berger Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 3042552478     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2003.06.004     Document Type: Note

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