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Olsen, Bjørnar.

Archaeology : the discipline of things / Bjørnar

Olsen . . . [et al.].

    p.   cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-520-27416-7 (cloth : alk. paper) —

ISBN 978-0-520-27417-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) —

ISBN 978-0-520-95400-7 (ebook)

1. Archaeology. 2. Material culture. I. Title.

CC72.O46      2012

930.1—dc23

2012021917

Manufactured in the United States of America

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