On the inferred age and origin of lithic Bi-points from the eastern seaboard and their relevance to the pleistocene peopling of North America

American Antiquity

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 134-145

  Boulanger, Matthew T ^a   Eren, Metin I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

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EID: 84924137362     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/0002-7316.79.4.134     Document Type: Article

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