Dietary responses to mid-Holocene climatic change

North American Archaeologist

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 117-143

  Sheehan, Michael S ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846670432     PISSN: 01976931     EISSN: 15413543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/A5AD-DDK7-04UT-TWUR     Document Type: Article

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