Experimentation and innovation in the archaeological record: A case study in technological evolution from Kodiak, Alaska

Pattern and Process in Cultural Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 203-220

  Fitzhugh, Ben ^a   Trusler, A Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

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