Palaeoindian occupation of the Atacama Desert, northern Chile
✍ Scribed by Martin Grosjean; Lautaro Núñez; Isabel Cartajena
- Book ID
- 102421844
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 353 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0267-8179
- DOI
- 10.1002/jqs.969
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