Jake bluff: Clovis bison hunting on the southern Plains of North America

American Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 907-933

  Bement, Leland C ^a   Carter, Brian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77958131178     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/0002-7316.75.4.907     Document Type: Article

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