Towards a New Paradigm? The Third Science Revolution and its Possible Consequences in Archaeology

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  • Kristian Kristiansen Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg

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Kristiansen, K. (2014) “Towards a New Paradigm? The Third Science Revolution and its Possible Consequences in Archaeology”, Current Swedish Archaeology, 22(1), pp. 11–34. doi: 10.37718/CSA.2014.01.

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