Rites of Passage and Other Rituals in the Life Histories of Objects

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 815-827

  Fogelin, Lars ^a   Schiffer, Michael Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84944441074     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774315000153     Document Type: Article

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