Introduction

Macroevolution in Human Prehistory: Evolutionary Theory and Processual Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-19

  Prentiss, Anna Marie ^a   Kuijt, Ian ^b   Chatters, James C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

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EID: 84892302944     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0682-3_1     Document Type: Editorial

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