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Holdaway, S.J., Wandsnider, L. (2006). Temporal Scales and Archaeological Landscapes from the Eastern Desert of Australia and Intermontane North America. In: Lock, G., Molyneaux, B.L. (eds) Confronting Scale in Archaeology. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-32773-8_13

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