Collective burial in late prehistoric Virginia: Excavation and analysis of the rapidan mound

American Antiquity

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-128

  Dunham, Gary H ^a   Gold, Debra L ^b   Hantman, Jeffrey L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 70449880454     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3557035     Document Type: Article

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