Archaeological freshwater mussel remains and their use in the conservation of an imperiled fauna

Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology

Volumn 9780816599295, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-67

  Peacock, Evan ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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