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Some Problems in Applying Hodder's Hypothesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Dave D. Davis
Dave D. Davis*
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Department of Anthropology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118
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Abstract

Difficulties encountered in attempting to apply Hodder's hypothesis about social boundary signalling in periods of resource competition indicate a potentially fertile area for the development of "middle range theory," Problems in defining critical tests are indicated.

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American Antiquity , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , July 1981 , pp. 665 - 667
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1981

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