Alcohol: Anthropological/archaeological perspectives

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2006, Pages 229-249

  Dietler, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Feasts; Gender; Identity; Material culture

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURAL IDENTITY; MATERIAL CULTURE;

EID: 33751054010     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.35.081705.123120     Document Type: Review

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