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Archaeological Theory

by Matthew Johnson · 1999

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This is a lively overview of the major ideas and concepts in archaeological theory.

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anthropologyanthropologyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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archaeologyarchaeologyMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 256 pages

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