Challenges for comparative study of early complex societies

The Comparative Archaeology of Complex Societies

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 62-87

  Drennan, Robert D ^a   Peterson, Christian E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139022712.007     Document Type: Chapter

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