Revisiting Paleoindian exploitation of extinct North American mammals

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 177-193

  Grayson, Donald K ^a   Meltzer, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clovis; Extinct mammals; North America; Pleistocene extinctions; Pleistocene overkill

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; EXTINCTION; MAMMAL; MAMMOTH; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SONORA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

CUVIERONIUS; EQUUS; MAMMALIA; MAMMUT; MAMMUTHUS;

EID: 84928578900     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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