Colonialism and migration in the ancient mediterranean

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 393-409

  Van Dommelen, Peter ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical archaeology; colonization; hybridity; material culture; postcolonial theory

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COLONIALISM; COLONIZATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IRON AGE; MATERIAL CULTURE; NATIONALISM; POPULATION MIGRATION; POST-COLONIALISM; PREHISTORIC;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84873324343     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-081309-145758     Document Type: Review

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