Paleoindian and later occupations along ancient shorelines of the San Agustín Plains, New Mexico

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-20

  Hill Jr , Matthew E ^a,c   Holliday, Vance T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Ake site; Archaic; Paleoindian; Paleolake; San Agust n plains

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953679305     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/009346910X12707321242557     Document Type: Article

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