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The Grand Canyon Figurine Complex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Alan R. Schroedl
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Abstract

A reexamination of all the published reports on split-twig figurine sites in light of the excavation of Cowboy Cave where 20 whole and fragmentary specimens were recovered under good stratigraphic control provides a foundation for discussing the possible cultural affiliation of the Grand Canyon figurine complex. A hypothesis is presented which may account for the known distribution of figurine finds and their lack of cultural associations at some sites.

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American Antiquity , Volume 42 , Issue 2 , April 1977, pp. 254 - 265
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1977

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