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Comment on “Retiring the Projectile Point Series Concept and Chronology in the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau”

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Geoffrey M. Smith Open the ORCID record for Geoffrey M. Smith [Opens in a new window]  and
Richard L. Rosencrance Open the ORCID record for Richard L. Rosencrance [Opens in a new window]
Geoffrey M. Smith*
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Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
Richard L. Rosencrance
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
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Corresponding author: Geoffrey M. Smith; Email: geoffreys@unr.edu
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American Antiquity , First View , pp. 1 - 3
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