A land of fire: Anthropogenic burning on the central coast of California

Contemporary Issues in California Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 153-172

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California State Parks   (United States)

^c Foothill College   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 84890774751     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315431659-9     Document Type: Chapter

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