Continuity and change in the eastern aleutian archaeological sequence

Human Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 507-524

  Davis, Richard S ^a   Knecht, Richard A ^b  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amaknak Island; Arctic Small Tool tradition; Eastern Aleutian prehistory; Eastern Aleutians; Hog Island; Margaret Bay; Prehistoric archaeology; Umnak Island; Unalaska Island

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 78751661737     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.082.0503     Document Type: Article

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