Miniature points in an exceptional early South American context

World Archaeology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 117-136

  Flegenheimer, Nora ^a   Weitzel, Celeste ^a   Mazzia, Natalia ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cerro El Sombrero; late Pleistocene early Holocene; Miniature projectile points

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; HUNTER-GATHERER; MATERIAL CULTURE; PLEISTOCENE; SOCIAL HISTORY;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84924273448     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2014.991806     Document Type: Article

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