Problems of ceramic chronology in the southeast: Does shell-tempered pottery appear earlier than we think?

American Antiquity

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-142

  Feathers, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 60849112250     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0002731600047533     Document Type: Article

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