The Windy Ridge quartzite quarry: Hunter-gatherer mining and hunter-gatherer land use on the North American Continental Divide

World Archaeology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 511-527

  Bamforth, Douglas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hunter gatherers; Lithic procurement; Lithic technology; Mobility; Quarries; Rocky Mountains

Indexed keywords

HUNTER-GATHERER; LAND USE; MINING; QUARTZITE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747341932     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240600813871     Document Type: Article

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