The weathering of aboriginal stone artifacts, no. 1. - a consideration of the paleoliths of Kansas (illustrated by 20 figures and 19 half-tone plates) (1913) (14760065876)

Identifier: weatheringofabor00wincrich (find matches)
Title: The weathering of aboriginal stone artifacts, no. 1. : a consideration of the paleoliths of Kansas (illustrated by 20 figures and 19 half-tone plates)
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Winchell, N. H. (Newton Horace), 1839-1914 Minnesota Historical Society
Subjects: Stone implements -- Kansas Kansas -- Antiquities
Publisher: St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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