Dart and arrow points on the Columbia Plateau of Western North America

American Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-325

  Ames, Kenneth M ^a   Fuld, Kosten A ^a   Davis, Sara ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Archaeological Investigations Northwest Inc   (United States)

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EID: 77952964014     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/0002-7316.75.2.287     Document Type: Article

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