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This paper provides an overview of past and present reactions to New Archaeology from the viewpoint of a controversial volume that was published at the height of the debates characterizing Americanist archaeology 20 to 25 years ago.
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Watson, P.J. (1992). Explanation in Archaeology: Reactions and Rebuttals. In: Embree, L. (eds) Metaarchaeology. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 147. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1826-2_5
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