Hearth rows, hierarchies and Arctic hunter-gatherers: The construction of equality in the Late Dorset period

World Archaeology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 194-214

  Friesen, T Max ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Architecture; Arctic; Complex hunter gatherers; Dorset; Nunavut; Social organization

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARCHITECTURE; HUNTER-GATHERER; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 34248374421     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240701249686     Document Type: Article

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