The Gibbs farmstead: Household archaeology in an internal periphery

International Journal of Historical Archaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 229-289

  Groover, Mark D ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmstead archaeology; Southern Appalachia; World systems theory

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL ECONOMY; WORLD SYSTEM;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 31144469612     PISSN: 10927697     EISSN: 15737748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10761-005-9301-6     Document Type: Review

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