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Part I - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2019

Michael P. Richards
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
Kate Britton
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen
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Archaeological Science
An Introduction
, pp. 1 - 10
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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