Size dependence in Assemblage measures: Essentialism, materialism, and "SHE" analysis in archaeology

American Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 886-906

  Shott, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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EID: 78649842752     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/0002-7316.75.4.886     Document Type: Article

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