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198:"Fossil Human Remains Found near Lansing, Kansas"
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594:List of Mississippian sites
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202:American Anthropologist
775:Coso Rock Art District
662:Santa Rosa-Swift Creek
565:List of Hopewell sites
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855:Gila Cliff Dwellings
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166:Early Middle Archaic
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316:"Lansing Man"
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1346:N.A.G.P.R.A.
1306:Folsom point
1296:Effigy mound
1276:Clovis point
1244:Aridoamerica
1145:Wickiup Hill
1100:Spiro Mounds
1080:Salmon Ruins
1075:Russell Cave
870:Helen Blazes
865:Grimes Point
845:Fort Juelson
835:Fort Ancient
810:El Vallecito
770:Chaco Canyon
710:Angel Mounds
672:Steed-Kisker
622:Paleo-Arctic
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529:Fort Ancient
421:Post-Classic
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1135:Velda Mound
1115:Taos Pueblo
1010:Parkin Park
995:Orwell site
980:Nodena site
875:Holly Bluff
850:Four Mounds
840:Fort Center
765:Casa Grande
715:Anzick site
607:Monongahela
534:Fort Walton
509:Coles Creek
474:Belle Glade
459:Anishinaabe
170:Paleoindian
118:Controversy
73:Lansing Man
23:Lansing Man
1437:Categories
1331:Metallurgy
1291:Eden point
1188:Buhl Woman
1060:Rock Eagle
1050:River Styx
975:Mummy Cave
970:Moundville
950:Mesa Verde
935:Marksville
682:Tchefuncte
642:Plaquemine
578:Las Palmas
494:Calf Creek
489:Cades Pond
297:(abstract)
247:2016-03-03
176:References
1376:Stickball
1065:Rock Hawk
895:Key Marco
687:Troyville
667:St. Johns
652:Red Ocher
411:Formative
162:Carbon-14
1264:Chanunpa
1249:Ballgame
1228:Vero man
1178:Anzick-1
1150:Windover
1110:SunWatch
1040:Rassawek
860:Glenwood
750:Brewster
602:Mogollon
573:La Jolla
559:Hopewell
519:Deptford
432:cultures
1413:Related
1271:Chunkey
1171:remains
1160:Wupatki
1000:Paquime
890:Huápoca
755:Cahokia
725:Bastian
632:Patayan
554:Hohokam
539:Fremont
514:ComondĂş
469:Baytown
464:Avonlea
444:Alachua
416:Classic
406:Archaic
394:Periods
290:4345344
132:ice age
112:ice age
85:Lansing
47:3579 BC
830:Folsom
795:Cutler
730:Benson
617:Oneota
549:Glades
524:Folsom
504:Clovis
401:Lithic
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224:659381
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128:strata
108:strata
89:Kansas
52:Kansas
1361:Piasa
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