The aesthetics of depositional practice

World Archaeology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 315-333

  Pollard, Joshua ^a  

^a Department of Humanities and Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Deposition; Material Agency; Neolithic Britain

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011387272     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240120079316     Document Type: Article

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