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Aikens’ Fremont Hypothesis and Use of Skeletal Material in Archaeological Interpretation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

George J. Armelagos*
Affiliation:
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, September, 1967

Abstract

The interpretation of skeletal material in the reconstruction of culture history by archaeologists and physical anthropologists is open to a number of criticisms. Problems inherent in the typological approach are discussed.

Type
Facts and Comments
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1968

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