Late Holocene Subsistence Change and Marine Productivity on Western Santa Rosa Island, Alta California

California Archaeology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-98

  Jazwa, Christopher ^a   Kennett, Douglas ^a   Hanson, Danielle ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84874536072     PISSN: 1947461X     EISSN: 19474628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/cal.2012.4.1.69     Document Type: Article

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