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Too many ancestors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

James Whitley
James Whitley*
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School of History & Archaeology, Cardiff University, PO Box 909, Cardiff CF10 3XU, Wales.
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Have ancestors replaces chiefs as the defining entity of prehistory? This provocative view from the Mediterranean world may provoke a little debate.

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ancestorsMadagascarBritish prehistory

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Antiquity , Volume 76 , Issue 291 , March 2002 , pp. 119 - 126
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2002

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