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The interpretation of archaeological spatial patterns, in a sense, is as old an endeavor as Paleolithic archaeology itself. Since the earliest findings of prehistoric artifacts, prehistorians have tried to interpret the spatial associations and arrangements of materials in their depositional context. A major concern in the last century—the establishment of human antiquity—relied on the analysis of spatial relationships, specifically the co-occurrence of ancient bones and stone artifacts in stratified deposits.
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Kroll, E.M., Price, T.D. (1991). Introduction. In: Kroll, E.M., Price, T.D. (eds) The Interpretation of Archaeological Spatial Patterning. Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2602-9_1
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