Lake Turkana archaeology: The Holocene

Ethnohistory

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-93

  Robbins, Lawrence H ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644660531     PISSN: 00141801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00141801-53-1-71     Document Type: Article

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