On Archaeology and the study of ritual: Considering inadequacies in the culture-history approach and quests for internal "meaning"

American Antiquity

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 193-201

  Howey, Meghan C L ^a   O'Shea, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 60849088563     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0002731600047582     Document Type: Article

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