On the VanPools' "scientific" postprocessualism

American Antiquity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 361-366

  Arnold III, Philip J ^a   Wilkens, Brian S ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0344895317     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694614     Document Type: Review

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