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Archaeology, relevance and science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2021

Michael E. Smith*
Affiliation:
School of Human Evolution & Social Change, Arizona State University, USA (✉ [email protected])

Abstract

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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Antiquity Publications Ltd.

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