Mediational techniques and conceptual frameworks in archaeology: A model in 'mapwork' at Teotihuacán, Mexico

Journal of Social Archaeology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-84

  Webmoor, Timothy ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual frameworks; Map theory; Mediation; Reflexive analysis; Space; Subjectivity objectivity; Teotihuac n; Visual evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 17244364250     PISSN: 14696053     EISSN: 17412951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469605305050143     Document Type: Review

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