Peak to peak in Paleoindian time: Occupation of southwest Colorado

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 43, Issue 166, 1998, Pages 333-348

  Pitblado, Bonnie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mountain Tradition; Paleoindian; Projectile points; Rocky Mountains

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748284363     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2052546.1998.11931905     Document Type: Article

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