Vessels and villages: Evidence for conformist transmission in early village aggregations on the Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 100-118

  Kohler, Timothy A ^a   VanBuskirk, Stephanie ^a   Ruscavage Barz, Samantha ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Community Solutions ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Ceramics; Conformity; Cooperation; Cultural transmission; Style aggregation; US Southwest

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442282019     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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