Crusading against straw men: An alternative view of alternative archaeologies: Response to Holtorf (2005)

World Archaeology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 718-729

  Fagan, Garrett G ^a   Feder, Kenneth L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33751172147     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240600963528     Document Type: Note

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