Negotiating the past in the past; identity, memory, and landscape in archaeological research.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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9780816526703

Negotiating the past in the past; identity, memory, and landscape in archaeological research.

Ed. by Norman Yoffee.

U. of Arizona Press

2007

267 pages

$39.95

Paperback

CC72

Yoffee (anthropology, University of Michigan) convened a seminar to address how civilizations ...

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