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African Epistemologies and Ontologies: Building a Pathway that Elevates African Ways of Constructing the World as Part of a Future African Archaeology

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    Peter R. Schmidt

  2. Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa

    Peter R. Schmidt

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Schmidt, P.R. African Epistemologies and Ontologies: Building a Pathway that Elevates African Ways of Constructing the World as Part of a Future African Archaeology. Afr Archaeol Rev 40, 823–826 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-023-09564-3

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