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An evolutionary perspective on the goals of archaeology
Stephen Shennan
- pp 325-344
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In this paper, the authors compared various key archaeological topics from evolutionary and diffusion from the point of view of agency, violence, social groups, and diffusion in the context of archaeological sites.Abstract:
This collection of original articles compares various key archaeological topics—agency, violence, social groups, diffusion—from evolutionary and ...read more
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