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Volume 6, 2020 - Issue 1: The Stemmed Point Tradition of Western North America
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The Western Stemmed Tradition: Problems and Prospects in Paleoindian Archaeology in the Intermountain West

Geoffrey M. SmithDepartment of Anthropology, Great Basin Paleoindian Research Unit, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Daron DukeFar Western Anthropological Research Group, Desert Branch, Henderson, NV, USA
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Dennis L. JenkinsUniversity of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR, USA
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Ted GoebelDepartment of Anthropology, Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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Loren G. DavisDepartment of Anthropology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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Patrick O’GradyUniversity of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR, USA
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Dan StueberDepartment of Anthropology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Jordan E. PrattDepartment of Anthropology, Great Basin Paleoindian Research Unit, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA;Department of Anthropology, Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4989-0393
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Heather L. SmithDepartment of Anthropology and Applied Anthropology, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NMORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1031-0478
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Pages 23-42 | Published online: 06 Sep 2019

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Paul E. Allgaier & Brian F. Codding. (2023) Paleoindian Settlement Decisions in the Great Basin: A Test of the Pluvial Lake Hypothesis with the Ideal Free Distribution Model. PaleoAmerica 9:2, pages 135-147.
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