Paleoindian rock art: Establishing the antiquity of Great Basin Carved Abstract petroglyphs in the northern Great Basin

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-30

  Middleton, Emily S ^a   Smith, Geoffrey M ^b   Cannon, William J ^c   Ricks, Mary F ^d  

^a ASM Affiliates Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Basin; Paleoindians; Rock art

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE; PLEISTOCENE; ROCK ART;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891679101     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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