Clovis, Folsom, and Midland components at the Debra L. Friedkin site, Texas: Context, chronology, and assemblages

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3239-3247

  Jennings, Thomas A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clovis; Folsom; Forager; Hunter gatherer; Lithic; Midland; Paleoindian; Pleistocene; Settlement; Technological organization

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; HUNTER-GATHERER; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84864378290     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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