Eventful archaeology: The place of space in structural transformation

Current Anthropology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 833-860

  Beck Jr , Robin A ^a   Bolender, Douglas J ^b   Brown, James A ^b   Earle, Timothy K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38949108272     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520974     Document Type: Article

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