Small agencies and great consequences: Darwin's archaeology

Antiquity

Volumn 83, Issue 320, 2009, Pages 475-488

  Evans, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77953142324     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00098586     Document Type: Short Survey

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