Exploring technological organization and burial practices at the paleoindian gordon creek site (5LR99), Colorado

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 49, Issue 191, 2004, Pages 253-279

  Muniz, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Burial; Lithic reduction; Microwear; Paleoindian

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347357256     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/pan.2004.018     Document Type: Article

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