Methodology of comparison in evolutionary archaeology

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-94

  Neff, Hector ^a   Larson, Daniel O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847302226     PISSN: 1551823X     EISSN: 15518248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ap3a.1997.7.1.75     Document Type: Article

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