Effects of residential mobility on the ratio of average house floor area to average household size: Implications for demographic reconstructions in archaeology

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-86

  Porčić, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

archaeology; housing; mobility; population

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856478946     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397111423889     Document Type: Article

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