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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 598-617 pages with cited references. Quarto (11" x 8 1/2") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Volume 79 Number 3 complete issue. First edition. The limitations of the hypothetico-deductive (H-D) method of inductive confirmation are described, and an alternate method, the hypothetico-analog (H-A) method is described in detail. The H-A method can be characterized as a modified and supplemented form of the simple H-D method, and is proposed as being more appropriate for archaeological inference. Aspects of the H-A method that are given particular attention include the establishment of boundary conditions for reference classes, plausibility considerations, multiple working hypotheses, bridging arguments, and criteria for selecting alternative hypotheses. Condition: Edge wear with gently bumped corners, spine sunned, black lettering to front wrapper else very good.