Copper and social complexity: Frederica de Laguna's contribution to our understanding of the role of metals in Native Alaskan society

Arctic Anthropology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-163

  Cooper, H Kory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COPPER; RESOURCE USE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247210792     PISSN: 00666939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arc.2011.0061     Document Type: Article

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