Archaeology and the "savage slot": Displacement and emplacement in the premodern world

American Anthropologist

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 563-574

  Cobb, Charles R ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emplacement; Historical anthropology; Migration; Mississippian

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144448370     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2005.107.4.563     Document Type: Article

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