The archaeology of overseas Chinese communities

World Archaeology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 424-439

  Voss, Barbara L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation theory; Community archaeology; Identity; Immigration; Modernity; Overseas Chinese; Race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JOSE [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24644503112     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240500168491     Document Type: Article

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