Pre-clovis megafauna butchery sites in the Western Great Lakes Region, USA

Paleoamerican Odyssey

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 465-483

  Joyce, Daniel J ^a  

^a Kenosha Public Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesrow; Hebior; Paleoamerican; Paleoindian; Pre clovis; Schaefer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945431427     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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