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Christopher Hawkes [d. 1992]
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Definition: British archaeologist and proponent of the explicit science of archaeology, including but not limited to archaeometry; his work on theoretical issues argues that social roles, political organizations and beliefs are not really knowable.

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Innocence Retrieval in Archaeology
An editorial by Hawkes in Antiquity, written in 1973, responding to David Clarke's Loss of Innocence.

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