Ethnoarchaeological observation and archaeological patterning: A processual approach to studying sedentism and space use in pitstructures from central New Mexico

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-34

  Schmader, Matthew F ^a   Graham, Martha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SRI Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnoarchaeology; Lewis Binford; Puebloan households; Rar muri of northern Mexico; Site formation; Site structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928406841     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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