Middle-range theory, behavioral archaeology, and postempiricist philosophy of science in archaeology

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-30

  Tschauner, Hartmut ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeological theory; Behavioral archaeology; Postempiricist philosophy; Postprocessualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141588351     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02228929     Document Type: Article

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