A pilgrimage home: Tombs, burial and belonging in Jamaica

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-26

  Horst, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancestry; Burial tombs; Homes; Land; The Caribbean

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

EID: 1842854576     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183504041087     Document Type: Article

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