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A zooarchaeological study of Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Croxton site in Brooks Range, Alaska, and implications for utility analysis
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Steffen, Martina L. (2019): A zooarchaeological study of Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Croxton site in Brooks Range, Alaska, and implications for utility analysis. Anthropozoologica 54 (4): 29-43, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2019v54a4
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