She sells seashells: Women and mollusks in huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-114

  Pankonien, Dawn ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Huatulco; Mexico; Mollusks; Shellfishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040412800     PISSN: 1551823X     EISSN: 15518248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-8248.2008.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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