Northern Iroquoian Ethnic Evolution: A Social Network Analysis

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 322-349

  Hart, John P ^a   Engelbrecht, William ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnogenesis; Northern Iroquoian ethnicity; Signaling theory; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860180979     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-011-9116-1     Document Type: Article

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