The identification of cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) as a seasonal indicator species and implications for coastal Mississippian subsistence modeling

Southeastern Archaeology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 156-162

  Weinand, Daniel C ^a   Andrus, C Fred T ^a   Crook Jr , M Ray ^a  

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