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James Whitley on Fishy Ideas

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By K. Kris Hirst, About.com

Current archaeological theorists are like a shoal of fish, following twisting currents, as one turns they all turn, usually nowhere in particular.

James Whitley. 1999. Quoted in Caroline Malone, Simon Stoddart and Nicholas James, "Editorial", Antiquity 73(282).

Thanks to Bill Green, Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist, for the suggestion.
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