A Possible Paleoindian/Early Archaic Point from Ladyville, Belize, Central America

PaleoAmerica

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 70-73

  James Stemp, W ^a   Awe, Jaime J ^b   Helmke, Chistophe G B ^c  

^a KEENE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Belize; Ladyville; Paleoindian Early Archaic; stemmed biface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991713890     PISSN: 20555563     EISSN: 20555571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2055557115Y.0000000009     Document Type: Article

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