From Casta to California: Social identity and the archaeology of culture contact

American Anthropologist

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 461-474

  Voss, Barbara L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Culture contact; Gender; Identity; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444594939     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2005.107.3.461     Document Type: Article

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