The emerging archaeology of glaciers and ice patches: Examples from Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve

American Antiquity

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-143

  Dixon, E James ^a   Manley, William F ^a   Lee, Craig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/40035272     Document Type: Article

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