Contemporaneity of dorset and Thule cultures in the North American Arctic: New radiocarbon dates from Victoria Island, Nunavut

Current Anthropology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 685-691

  Friesen, T Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33646252522     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425635     Document Type: Article

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