"Worlds otherwise" archaeology, anthropology, and ontological difference

Current Anthropology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 896-912

  Alberti, Benjamin ^a   Fowles, Severin ^b   Holbraad, Martin ^c   Marshall, Yvonne ^d   Witmore, Christopher ^e  

^a FRAMINGHAM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 82955198574     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662027     Document Type: Article

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