The reinvention of tradition an: Ethnographic study of spondylus use in coastal Ecuador

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-50

  Bauer, Daniel Eric ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craft production; Culture change; Ecuador; History; Identity; Spondylus

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548358573     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0063.104     Document Type: Review

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