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The value of an “eclectic and pragmatic” approach to chronology building

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mark D. McCoy ,
Thegn N. Ladefoged ,
Simon H. Bickler ,
Jesse W. Stephen  and
Michael W. Graves
Mark D. McCoy
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology & Archaeology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand (Author for correspondence; email: mark.mccoy@otago.ac.nz)
Thegn N. Ladefoged
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand (Email: t.ladefoged@auckland.ac.nz)
Simon H. Bickler
Affiliation:
Bickler Consultants, Epsom, Auckland 1023, New Zealand (Email: arch@bickler.co.nz)
Jesse W. Stephen
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i, 2424 Maile Way, Saunders Hall 346, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822–2223, USA (Email: jstephen@hawaii.edu)
Michael W. Graves
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, MSC01–1040, Anthropology 1, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA (Email: mwgraves@unm.edu)
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Antiquity , Volume 86 , Issue 334 , December 2012 , pp. 1206 - 1209
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2012

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