Middle and Late Holocene hunting in the Great Basin: A critical review of the debate and future prospects

American Antiquity

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 713-731

  Hockett, Bryan ^a  

^a Elko Field Office Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

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EID: 34249808136     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/40035871     Document Type: Review

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