Historical context of the term 'Complexity': In the South Scandinavian mesolithic

Acta Archaeologica

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-192

  Petersen, Erik Brinch ^a   Meiklejohn, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

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EID: 61949483697     PISSN: 0065101X     EISSN: 16000390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0390.2007.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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