Food and social relations at Nina plantation

American Anthropologist

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 671-691

  Scott, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a Zooarch Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Ethnicity; Plantation archaeology; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035527864     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2001.103.3.671     Document Type: Article

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