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Of Parsimony and Archaeological Histories: A Response to Comment by Boyd

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Jeffrey L. Hantman ,
Debra L. Gold  and
Gary H. Dunham
Jeffrey L. Hantman
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, P.O. Box 400120, Brooks Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904
Debra L. Gold
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, St. Cloud State University, 720 4th Avenue South, St. Cloud, MN 56301
Gary H. Dunham
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska Press, 312 North 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588
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Abstract

Boyd (2004) questions the cultural association that we (Dunham et al. 2003:113) draw between burial mounds in central Virginia and the colonial era Monacan Indian people. We respond to Boyd's points, agree that any such interpretation be open to further discussion, but defend our cultural and historical interpretation as the most logical and parsimonious given the available data.

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Resumen

Boyd (2004) cuestiona la asociación cultural que establecimos (Dunham, Gold, y Hantman 2003) entre los túmulos de Virginia central y el pueblo Mónacan de la era colonial. Respondemos a los tres puntos principales del comentario de Boyd, coincidimos en que cualquier interpretación parecida esté abierta a discusión adicional, pero defendemos nuestra interpretación cultural e histórica como la más lógica y económica, apoyada en los datos disponibles.

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American Antiquity , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , July 2004 , pp. 583 - 585
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 2004

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