Fostering synthesis in archaeology to advance science and benefit society

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 42, 2017, Pages 10999-11002

  Altschul, Jeffrey H ^a,b   Kintigh, Keith W ^c   Klein, Terry H ^b   Doelle, William H ^d   Hays Gilpin, Kelley A ^e   Herr, Sarah A ^f   Kohler, Timothy A ^g,h,i   Mills, Barbara J ^j   Montgomery, Lindsay M ^j   Nelson, Margaret C ^c   Ortman, Scott G ^k   Parker, John N ^c   Peeples, Matthew A ^c   Sabloff, Jeremy A ^h  

^a Statistical Research Inc   (United States)

^b SRI Foundation   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Archaeology Southwest   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Desert Archaeology Inc   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ CROW CANYON ARCHAEOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ECOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85031418896     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1715950114     Document Type: Note

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