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‘American beginnings’ and the archaeological record of Beringia: a comment on variability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Herbert D. G. Maschner
Herbert D. G. Maschner*
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Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison WI 53706-1393, USA
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Antiquity , Volume 71 , Issue 271 , March 1997 , pp. 223 - 228
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1997

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