The stable- and radio-isotope chemistry of western basketmaker burials: Implications for early Puebloan diets and origins

American Antiquity

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-321

  Coltrain, Joan Brenner ^a   Janetski, Joel C ^b   Carlyle, Shawn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249823979     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/40035815     Document Type: Article

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