Pithouse architecture and the economics of household formation in the prehistoric American Southwest

Human Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 477-500

  Wills, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

American Southwest; Households; Intensififation; Pithouses

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHITECTURE; PREHISTORIC;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035693411     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013198022095     Document Type: Article

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