Skeuomorphs, Pottery, and Technological Change

American Anthropologist

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 665-678

  Blitz, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pottery; Skeuomorph; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952714519     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aman.12349     Document Type: Article

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