Gateways for athabascan migration to the American Southwest

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 57, Issue 222, 2012, Pages 149-161

  Seymour, Deni J ^a  

^a Jornada Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Athabascans; Barriers; Intermontane route; Migration; Western slope

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873120697     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/pan.2012.015     Document Type: Review

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