Models of faunal processing and economy in early holocene interior Alaska

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-23

  Potter, Ben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Early holocene; Economic utility; Faunal analysis; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 60950086888     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174963107x172714     Document Type: Article

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