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993:Fort Center
918:Casa Grande
868:Anzick site
760:Monongahela
687:Fort Walton
662:Coles Creek
627:Belle Glade
612:Anishinaabe
483:(2): 76–85.
456:19 December
428:1 September
202:1 September
92:Los Angeles
59:Los Angeles
1590:Categories
1484:Metallurgy
1444:Eden point
1341:Buhl Woman
1213:Rock Eagle
1203:River Styx
1128:Mummy Cave
1123:Moundville
1103:Mesa Verde
1088:Marksville
835:Tchefuncte
795:Plaquemine
731:Las Palmas
647:Calf Creek
642:Cades Pond
173:References
96:California
63:California
1529:Stickball
1218:Rock Hawk
1048:Key Marco
840:Troyville
820:St. Johns
805:Red Ocher
564:Formative
402:LA Weekly
310:130862425
1417:Chanunpa
1402:Ballgame
1381:Vero man
1331:Anzick-1
1303:Windover
1263:SunWatch
1193:Rassawek
1013:Glenwood
903:Brewster
755:Mogollon
726:La Jolla
712:Hopewell
672:Deptford
585:cultures
268:17800300
151:See also
100:skeleton
1566:Related
1424:Chunkey
1324:remains
1313:Wupatki
1153:Paquime
1043:Huápoca
908:Cahokia
878:Bastian
785:Patayan
707:Hohokam
692:Fremont
667:Comondú
622:Baytown
617:Avonlea
597:Alachua
569:Classic
559:Archaic
547:Periods
260:1640851
230:Bibcode
222:Science
132:Chumash
983:Folsom
948:Cutler
883:Benson
770:Oneota
702:Glades
677:Folsom
657:Clovis
554:Lithic
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1514:Piasa
1322:Human
953:Eaker
856:sites
790:Plano
592:Adena
357:(PDF)
350:(PDF)
306:S2CID
256:JSTOR
1474:Kiva
458:2013
430:2010
264:PMID
204:2010
77:1914
57:now
44:Died
978:Eva
298:doi
246:hdl
238:doi
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