Why we're still arguing about the pleistocene occupation of the Americas

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 63-74

  Waguespack, Nicole M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Folsom aged Campsite   (United States)

Author keywords

Clovis; Colonization; Paleoindian; Pre Clovis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249686943     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20124     Document Type: Article

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