Seriation, Stratigraphy, and Index Fossils The Backbone of Archaeolo

It is difficult for today's students of archaeology to imagine an era when chronometric dating methods were unavailable. However, even a casual perusal of the large body of literature that arose during the first half of the twentieth century reveals a bat

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