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For decades, archaeologists have looked for an appropriate means to integrate archaeological findings with the textual record. Often, in the past, the written word has been privileged over material remains. In this summary, which draws in part from the individual papers in this special issue, a new, more balanced approach that gives increased weight and greater independence to archaeological data is proposed. A series of implications and suggestions for current theoretical development in archaeology are advanced.
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Feinman, G.M. Thoughts on new approaches to combining the archaeological and historical records. J Archaeol Method Theory 4, 367–377 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02428069
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