Social Theory in Archaeology
β Scribed by Michael Brian Schiffer
- Publisher
- the University of Utah Press
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 252
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Subjects
social archaeology, philosophy of archaeology, kinship, power, Puebloan Southwest, hunter-gatherers, paleoanthropology, food-sharing, cartography, chaos theory, anthropology
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