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Fast and slow science and the Palaeolithic dating game

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2019

Paul Pettitt
Paul Pettitt*
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Department of Archaeology, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK (Email: paul.pettitt@durham.ac.uk)
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Antiquity , Volume 93 , Issue 370 , August 2019 , pp. 1076 - 1078
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2019 

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