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Opinions about the SAA Principles of Archaeological Ethics and Collaboration with Descendent Communities

“This volume [Ethics in American Archaeology], while representing the next step in a sequence of expanding consideration of the important and complex issues outlined herein, does not mark the end of a process. It is not a final product.” —Bruce Smith, SAA President 1995

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