Rethinking the study of landscape management practices among hunter-gatherers in North America

American Antiquity

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 285-301

  Lightfoot, Kent G ^a   Cuthrell, Rob Q ^a   Striplen, Chuck J ^a   Hylkema, Mark G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California State Parks   (United States)

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EID: 84885348058     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/0002-7316.78.2.285     Document Type: Article

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