Cross-cultural approaches in archaeology: Comparative ethnology, comparative archaeology, and archaeoethnology

Journal of Archaeological Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-309

  Peregrine, Peter N ^a  

^a LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeological method and theory; Cross cultural research; Cultural evolution; Ethnology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4444332395     PISSN: 10590161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JARE.0000040232.61243.89     Document Type: Review

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