Chert hoes as digging tools

Antiquity

Volumn 84, Issue 323, 2010, Pages 103-113

  Milner, George R ^a   Hammerstedt, Scott W ^b   French, Kirk D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cahokia; Chipped stone hoe; Experimental archaeology; Mill Creek chert; Mississippian

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952930635     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00099798     Document Type: Article

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