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Article information, pdf download for archaeology in the humanities, open epub for. Norman yoffee has written an elegant witty, and substantive critique of neoevolutionary theory in archaeological anthropology. Norman yoffee challenges the model in this book by. Myths of the archaic state cambridge university press. In this groundbreaking work, norman yoffee shatters the prevailing myths underpinning our understanding of the. Norman yoffee 25 may 1944 is a senior fellow of the institute for the study of the ancient. Classical archaeology promotes the view that a states evolution reflects general, universal forces.
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