Projectile points, people, and Plains Paleoindian perambulations

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-157

  Bamforth, Douglas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cache; Great Plains; Hunters and gatherers; Mobility; Paleoindian; Projectile point

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349221023     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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