Lagoa santa revisited: An overview of the chronology, subsistence, and material culture of Paleoindian sites in Eastern Central Brazil

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 533-550

  Araujo, Astolfo G M ^a   Neves, Walter A ^a   Kipnis, Renato ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Scientia Consultoria   (Brazil)

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EID: 84892584703     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/1045-6635.23.4.533     Document Type: Review

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