The lost world of Monticello: An evolutionary perspective

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-193

  Neiman, Fraser D ^a  

^a Box 316 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural diversification; Architectural segregation; Colonial Virginia; Costly signaling; Evolutionary game theory; Historical archaeology; Monticello; Slave labor management; Thomas Jefferson

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949108866     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0064.201     Document Type: Review

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