Human colonization and late pleistocene lithic industries of the Americas

Quaternary International

Volumn 285, Issue , 2013, Pages 150-160

  Shott, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SOCIAL HISTORY;

CLOVIS [NEW MEXICO]; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872165236     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.12.034     Document Type: Article

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