A critique of late Prehistoric systematics in the Middle Ohio River Valley

North American Archaeologist

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-325

  Nolan, Kevin ^a   Cook, Robert ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864329679     PISSN: 01976931     EISSN: 15413543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NA.32.4.a     Document Type: Article

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