Early storage and sedentism on the pacific northwest coast: Ancient DNA analysis of salmon remains from Namu, British Columbia

American Antiquity

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-140

  Cannon, Aubrey ^a   Yang, Dongya Y ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33847269173     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/40035324     Document Type: Article

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