Climate change, uncertainty and prehistoric hunter-gatherer mobility

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 382-396

  Morgan, Christopher ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Climate change; Foraging; Hunter gatherer; Mobility; Nearest neighbor; Sierra Nevada; Uncertainty; Variance to mean; Western Mono

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350210497     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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