The establishment and defeat of hierarchy: Inalienable possessions and the history of collective prestige structures in the Pueblo Southwest

American Anthropologist

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 238-251

  Mills, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Inalienable possessions; Materiality; Pueblos; Social memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543052449     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2004.106.2.238     Document Type: Review

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