Ceramic technology and social boundaries: Cultural practices in Kalinga clay selection and use

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 295-331

  Stark, Miriam T ^a   Bishop, Ronald L ^b   Miksa, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Center for Desert Archaeology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic composition; Ethnoarchaeology; Quantitative petrography; Social boundaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008247136     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026518922642     Document Type: Article

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