Thoughts about hunting: Some things we know and some things we don't know

Quaternary International

Volumn 297, Issue , 2013, Pages 176-185

  Speth, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COMPLEXITY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; HUNTING; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; TAXONOMY; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BISON;

EID: 84892435117     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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