Early Archaic subsistence in the central plains: The Spring Creek (25FT31) fauna

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 49, Issue 189, 2004, Pages 25-58

  Widga, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Plains; Early Archaic; Mesoindian; Paleoecology; Stable isotopes; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745359288     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/pan.2004.005     Document Type: Article

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