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Evolutionary theory and post-processual archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Steven Mithen
Steven Mithen*
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Department of Archaeology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ
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Antiquity , Volume 63 , Issue 240 , September 1989 , pp. 483 - 494
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