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Four-Field Anthropology: A Perfect Union or a Failed State?

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Four-field anthropology departments are no longer in a ‘steady state’. Their integrity is threatened by a combination of internal and external developments. It remains to be seen whether they, in combination, are powerful enough to break the historic bonds that have united them for nearly a century.

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  1. Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, 2110 G St NW, Washington, DC, 20052, USA

    Bernard Wood

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Wood, B. Four-Field Anthropology: A Perfect Union or a Failed State?. Soc 50, 152–155 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-013-9633-5

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