The 12.9-ka et impact hypothesis and North American Paleoindians

Current Anthropology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 575-607

  Holliday, Vance T ^a   Meltzer, David J ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77949541300     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656015     Document Type: Article

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