Did pre-Clovis people inhabit the paisley caves (and why does it matter)?

Human Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-74

  Fiedel, Stuart J ^a  

^a Louis Berger Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Coprolites; Paisley caves; Pre Clovis; Western stemmed

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; CAVE; ETHNOLOGY; FECES; HISTORY; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RADIOMETRIC DATING; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVES; FECES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; OREGON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SIBERIA;

EID: 85000189204     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.086.0104     Document Type: Article

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