Remotely Local: Ego-networks of Late Pre-colonial (AD 1000–1450) Saba, North-eastern Caribbean

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 275-305

  Mol, Angus A A ^a   Hoogland, Menno L P ^a   Hofman, Corinne L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Archaeological network analysis; Caribbean archaeology; Ego networks; Relational theory; Site assemblage analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925515391     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-014-9234-7     Document Type: Article

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