Archaeology and the Life Course: A Time and Age for Gender

A Companion to Social Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 142-160

  Gilchrist, Roberta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Norwich Cathedral ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Cultural construction; Cultural constructions; Life course; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878842490     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693605.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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