Watson Brake, a middle archaic mound complex in Northeast Louisiana

American Antiquity

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 631-668

  Saunders, Joe W ^a   Mandel, Rolfe D ^j   Sampson, C Garth ^k   Allen, Charles M ^b   Allen, E Thurman ^c   Bush, Daniel A ^d   Feathers, James K ^e   Gremillion, Kristen J ^f   Hallmark, C T ^g   Jackson, H Edwin ^h   Johnson, Jay K ⁱ   Jones, Reca ^a   Saucier, Roger T ^d   Stringer, Gary L ^a   Vidrine, Malcolm F ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

^b Environ and Nat Rsrc Mgmt Div   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

^d University of Washington ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^k SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Louisiana State University Eunice   (United States)

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EID: 33745114603     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/40035868     Document Type: Review

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