Old copper in Minnesota: A review

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 43, Issue 163, 1998, Pages 27-50

  Gibbon, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaic; Copper; Minnesota; Northeastern plains; Old copper

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748370535     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2052546.1998.11931881     Document Type: Review

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