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Abstract

Historical archaeologists should focus their future research efforts on a set of central problems surrounding the emergence of the modern world. Such problems include environmental change, technological change, ethnogenesis, and distinctive patterns of social interaction. Professionalism is an additional issue discussed.

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Hardesty, D.L. Historical archaeology in the next millenium: A forum. Hist Arch 33, 51–58 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03374289

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