The Goals of Archaeology, in Theory: What are we Trying to do?

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  • Matthew H. Johnson Northwestern University, Department of Anthropology

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https://doi.org/10.37718/CSA.2015.05

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2015-12-28

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Johnson, M. H. . (2015) “The Goals of Archaeology, in Theory: What are we Trying to do?”, Current Swedish Archaeology, 23(1), pp. 61–65. doi: 10.37718/CSA.2015.05.

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