Islands out of time: Towards a critique of island archaeology

Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 216-234

  Rainbird, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0008600701     PISSN: 09527648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/jmea.v12i2.29971     Document Type: Article

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69. 1. Editorial Note: Held's other writings (e.g. 1989a; 1989b; 1992) indeed discuss all the factors cited by Rainbird, along with many others. As Held could not comment on Rainbird's paper, we felt it was unfair for him to be criticized on the basis of his 1993 article alone.