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Distance and decay: an uneasy relationship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Angela E. Close
Angela E. Close*
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Department of Anthropology, Box 353100, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195–3100, USA
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lithicsel-AdamEgyptPleistoceneNabta playaEl Gebal el Beid
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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 279 , March 1999 , pp. 24 - 32
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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