Time perspectives, palimpsests and the archaeology of time

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 198-223

  Bailey, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contemporaneity; Durational present; Epirus; Palimpsest; Time perspectivism; Timescale

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247553288     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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