Lake records of northern Plains Paleoindian and early Archaic environments: The "Park Oasis" hypothesis

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 52, Issue 201, 2007, Pages 109-144

  Yansa, Catherine H ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altithermal; Archaic; Drought; Paleoindian; Pollen

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547781856     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/pan.2007.006     Document Type: Article

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