Peasant mobility, local migration and premodern urbanization

World Archaeology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 516-533

  Smith, Michael E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aztecs; Migration; Mobility; Nucleation; Peasants; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INTERNAL MIGRATION; MOBILITY; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84903428425     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2014.931818     Document Type: Article

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