White ethnogenesis and gradual capitalism: Perspectives from colonial archaeological sites in the c

American Anthropologist

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 446-460

  Bell, Alison ^a  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Colonial sites; Ethnogenesis; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444531646     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2005.107.3.446     Document Type: Article

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