Taking variation seriously: Testing the steatite mast-processing hypothesis with microbotanical data from the Hunter's home site, New York

American Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 729-741

  Hart, John P ^a   Reber, Eleanora A ^b   Thompson, Robert G ^c   Lusteck, Robert ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 57049114951     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0002731600047375     Document Type: Article

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