Putting Infinity Up On Trial: A Consideration of the Role of Scientific Thinking in Future Archaeologies

A Companion to Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 380-396

  Pollard, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeological investigations; Archaeology; Biochemistry; Human knowledge; Scientific thinking

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EID: 84889780556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470998618.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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