Hunter-gatherer interaction and alliance formation: Dalton and the cult of the long blade

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 43, Issue 165, 1998, Pages 257-273

  Walthall, John A ^a   Koldehoff, Brad ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Illinois   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Mississippi Valley prehistory; Ceremonial exchange; Dalton horizon; Hunter gatherers; Sloan points

Indexed keywords

EID: 5444273916     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2052546.1998.11931870     Document Type: Article

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