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Do Regions Make Theory? Comments on Mitchell's Discussion of the Legacy of the Missouri Basin Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Peter Bleed
Peter Bleed*
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Abstract

Mark Mitchell’s (Mitchell 2006) assessment of the theoretical legacy of the Smithsonian Institution’s Missouri Basin Project does not show that research in the Great Plains has made a particularly small contribution to archeological theory. The sparse population, dispersed professional community, and paucity of graduate archeology programs in the region contribute to its archeological research patterns.

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La evaluación del legado teórico del Missouri Basin Project de la Smithsonian Institution, realizada por Mark Mitchell (Mitchell 2006) no muestra que la investigación hecha en las grandes planicies (Great Plains) ha hecho una contribución relativamente pequeña a la teoría arqueológica. La escasa población, la dispersión de la comunidad profesional, y la escasez de los programas graduados de arqueología en la región contribuyen a definir sus patrones de investigación en arqueología.

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American Antiquity , Volume 72 , Issue 4 , October 2007 , pp. 783 - 784
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 2007

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