Using Land Snails and Freshwater Mussels to Chart Human Transformation of the Landscape an Example from North Mississippi U.S.A

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 123-141

  Peacock, Evan ^a   Gerber, Jochen ^a  

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Author keywords

Black Belt; Bottomland Hardwood; Freshwater Mussel; Gulf Coastal Plain; Land Snail

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450135685     PISSN: 15682722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71303-8_7     Document Type: Chapter

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