Mobility/Sedentism: Concepts, Archaeological Measures, and Effects

1992/10/01 by Robert L. Kelly · 5 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Global Maritime and Colonial Histories #Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies

paper · doi:10.1146/annurev.an.21.100192.000355

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Abstract

Infrastructures are material forms that allow for the possibility of exchange over space. They are the physical networks through which goods, ideas, waste, power, people, and finance are trafficked. In this article I trace the range of anthropological ...Read More

Citations

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