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Documenting Ceremonial Situations and Institutional Change at Middle Woodland Geometric Enclosures in Central Kentucky

Edward R. Henrya Department of Anthropology and Geography, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO80523;b Center for Research in Archaeogeophysics and Geoarchaeology (CRAG), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO80523Correspondence[email protected]
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Andrew M. Mickelsonc Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN38152
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Michael E. Mickelsond Emeritus, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Denison University, Granville, OH43023
Pages 203-225 | Published online: 20 Oct 2020

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