Remembering an industrial landscape

International Journal of Historical Archaeology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-71

  Shackel, Paul A ^a   Palus, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial landscapes; Memory; National parks; Public interpretation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; LANDSCAPE;

EID: 33646940373     PISSN: 10927697     EISSN: 15737748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10761-006-0004-4     Document Type: Article

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