Postprocessualism and the nature of science: A response to comments by Hutson and Arnold and Wilkens

American Antiquity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 367-375

  VanPool, Todd L ^a   VanPool, Christine S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 0344463493     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694615     Document Type: Review

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