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South Asian archaeology 1995: new data — subdued interpretations

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Jim G. Shaffer
Jim G. Shaffer*
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Department of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH 44106, USA
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Antiquity , Volume 70 , Issue 270 , December 1996, pp. 995 - 998
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