The Political Economy of Archaeology in the United States

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 28, Issue , 1999, Pages 155-174

  Patterson, Thomas C ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiquities markets; Economic restructuring; Higher education; Labor market; Professionalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542635492     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.28.1.155     Document Type: Article

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