It's a material world: History, artifacts, and anthropology

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2003, Pages 205-223

  Brumfiel, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Ethnic and national identities; Historical anthropology; Historical archaeology; Material culture

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MATERIAL CULTURE;

EID: 2442604269     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.32.061002.093335     Document Type: Article

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