Quebrada Tacahuay, Southern Peru: A late Pleistocene site preserved by a debris flow

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 385-399

  DeFrance, Susan D ^a,c   Keefer, David K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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EID: 51749098047     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/009346905791072161     Document Type: Review

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