Reconsidering the cause of cultural collapse in the Lillooet area of British Columbia, Canada: A geoarchaeological perspective

American Antiquity

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 692-703

  Kuijt, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 33645431707     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694182     Document Type: Article

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