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Dating Methods (Absolute and Relative) in Archaeology of Art

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    Juan Francisco Ruiz

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    Marvin W. Rowe

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Ruiz, J.F., Rowe, M.W. (2014). Dating Methods (Absolute and Relative) in Archaeology of Art. In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2159

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