Public significance and imagined archaeologists: Authoring pasts in context

International Journal of Historical Archeology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-25

  Matthews, Christopher N ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annapolis; Imagination; Public archaeology; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY;

EID: 2942612059     PISSN: 10927697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJHA.0000025715.42488.a0     Document Type: Article

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