Chipped Stone Crescents and the Antiquity of Maritime Settlement on San Nicolas Island, Alta California

California Archaeology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-202

  Davis, Troy ^a   Erlandson, Jon ^a   Fenenga, Gerrit ^b   Hamm, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection   (United States)

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EID: 84887619373     PISSN: 1947461X     EISSN: 19474628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/cal.2010.2.2.185     Document Type: Article

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