Picturing the past: Gender in national geographic reconstructions of prehistoric life

American Antiquity

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-146

  Solometo, Julie ^a   Moss, Joshua ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84897508644     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/0002-7316.78.1.123     Document Type: Article

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