A tale of two tunnels: Memory, archaeology, and the Underground Railroad

Journal of Social Archaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-93

  Delle, James A ^a  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical archaeology; Public memory; Underground Railroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149111960     PISSN: 14696053     EISSN: 17412951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469605307086078     Document Type: Article

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