Life and death at precolumbian Lavoutte, Saint Lucia, lesser antilles

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 209-225

  Hofman, Corinne L ^a   Hoogland, Menno L P ^a   Mickleburgh, Hayley L ^a   Laffoon, Jason E ^a   Weston, Darlene A ^b   Field, Mike H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioarchaeology; Caribbean archaeology; Human mobility; Lesser antilles; Mortuary behavior; Precolumbian; Rescue archaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863491717     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: 20424582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/0093469012Z.00000000020     Document Type: Review

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