Implications of human behavioral ecology for understanding complex human behavior: Resource Monopolization, package size, and turquoise

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-257

  Kantner, John ^a  

^a School of Advanced Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaco canyon; Decision theory; Human behavioral ecology; Prestige goods; Turquoise; U.S. Southwest

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954015823     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0066.204     Document Type: Article

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