Methodological issues in the study of assemblage diversity

American Antiquity

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 715-725

  Baxter, M J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037827908     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694184     Document Type: Article

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