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Nomenclature in Faunal Studies: A Response to Olsen and Olsen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

R. Lee Lyman*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology DH-05, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

Abstract

Olsen and Olsen's concern for terminology may be excessive; research proceeds without hindrance under many labels.

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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1982

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