Human Finger and Hand Bone Necklaces from the Plains and Great Basin

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 124-166

  Owsley, Douglas W ^a   Bruwelheide, Karin S ^a   Burgess, Laurie E ^a   Billeck, William T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Glass Bead; Great Basin; Human Finger; Palmar Surface; Smithsonian Institution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85118672896     PISSN: 15682722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-48303-0_7     Document Type: Chapter

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