Beads, bifaces, and boats: An early maritime adaptation on the South Coast of San Miguel Island, California

American Anthropologist

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 677-683

  Erlandson, Jon M ^a   Braje, Todd J ^a   Rick, Torben C ^b   Petersen, Jenna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Holocene; Fishing technologies; Maritime adaptations; Shell beads; Shell midden

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144436020     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2005.107.4.677     Document Type: Article

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