Down to seeds and stones: A new look at the subsistence remains from Shawnee-Minisink

American Antiquity

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-144

  Gingerich, Joseph A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 79953220102     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/0002-7316.76.1.127     Document Type: Article

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