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An Anthropological Reconnaissance of Bimini, Bahamas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Julian Granberry*
Affiliation:
University of Florida Gainesville, Fla.

Extract

Under the auspices of the University of Florida Anthropology Laboratory the writer devoted the second and third weeks of June, 1955, to a survey of the Bimini Islands, Bahamas, the primary objective being an archaeological site reconnaissance of the group. Although archaeological findings were few, there were significant features meriting the observations presented in this report.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1957

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