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The archaeology of a prehistoric society merely suffers from the lack of written
sources , and it is entirely laudable that prehistorians should attempt to supply the
answers to questions in prehistory which will tend to fall in the domain of the ...
The archaeology of a prehistoric society merely suffers from the lack of written
sources , and it is entirely laudable that prehistorians should attempt to supply the
answers to questions in prehistory which will tend to fall in the domain of the ...
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These are mechanisms of human interaction which must have caused and
enabled fundamental changes in the economy and society of the time , and
therefore the clay tablets concern the archaeologist not merely because of the
information ...
These are mechanisms of human interaction which must have caused and
enabled fundamental changes in the economy and society of the time , and
therefore the clay tablets concern the archaeologist not merely because of the
information ...
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But , important though this is , we must not confuse these more realistic images
with a definition of the society that inhabited them . For that we need to
understand the institutions of provincial society and the basis of power . We know
from texts ...
But , important though this is , we must not confuse these more realistic images
with a definition of the society that inhabited them . For that we need to
understand the institutions of provincial society and the basis of power . We know
from texts ...
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