Digging and destruction: Artifact collecting as meaningful social practice

International Journal of Heritage Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 318-335

  Hart, Siobhan M ^a   Chilton, Elizabeth S ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Collecting; looting; New England; social practice; vandalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924527310     PISSN: 13527258     EISSN: 14703610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2014.934267     Document Type: Article

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