The cultural transmission of great basin projectile-point technology II: An agent-based computer simulation

American Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 627-644

  Mesoudi, Alex ^a   O'Brien, Michael J ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 57049177875     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0002731600047338     Document Type: Article

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