Archaeological discontinuities in the southern hemisphere: A working agenda

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-11

  Barberena, Ramiro ^a   McDonald, Jo ^b   Mitchell, Peter J ^c,d   Veth, Peter ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archaeological discontinuities; Comparative archaeology; Human demography; Scales of analysis; Southern hemisphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994881434     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2016.08.007     Document Type: Article

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