Vickers focus environmental choices and site location in the Parklands of southwestern Manitoba

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 315-324

  Nicholson, Beverley A ^a   Nicholson, Sylvia ^a   Running IV, Garry L ^b   Hamilton, Scott ^c  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SUBSISTENCE;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

PANTHERA TIGRIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 3042593284     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/009114ar     Document Type: Article

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