Isbn: 9780803280526 - measuring time with artifacts: a history of methods in american archaeology (20 risultati)

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Condizione: New. Combining historical research with an explication of archaeological methodology and reasoning, this work examines the origins and changing use of fundamental chronometric techniques and procedures. It also analyzes the different ways American archaeologists.

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