Large game, agricultural land, and settlement pattern change in the eastern Mimbres area, southwest New Mexico

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 402-415

  Schollmeyer, Karen Gust ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Hunting; Mimbres; Modeling; US Southwest; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960962839     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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