Beyond consumption: Functionality, artifact biography, and early modernity in a European periphery

International Journal of Historical Archaeology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-182

  Herva, Vesa Pekka ^a   Nurmi, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Artifact biography; Early modernity; Functionality; Tornio

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BIOGRAPHY; MODERNITY; PERIPHERAL REGION; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAPPI [FINLAND]; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; TORNIO;

EID: 67349108959     PISSN: 10927697     EISSN: 15737748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10761-009-0080-3     Document Type: Article

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