The ethnoarchaeology of juvenile foragers: Shellfishing strategies among Meriam children

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 461-476

  Bird, Douglas W ^a   Bliege Bird, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnoarchaeology; children; shellfish gathering; central place foraging theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034357423     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaar.2000.0367     Document Type: Article

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