Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene lake-level fluctuations in the Lahontan Basin, Nevada: Implications for the distribution of archaeological sites
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Kenneth D. Adams,* Ted Goebel, Kelly Graf, Geoffrey M. Smith, Anna J. Camp, Richard W. Briggs, and David Rhode Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89521 Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071 Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225
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تاریخ انتشار 2008