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The Indian connection: an assessment of Hromnik's' Indo-Africa' (1982)
Journal Article
Hall, M., & Borland, C. (1982). The Indian connection: an assessment of Hromnik's' Indo-Africa'. South African archaeological bulletin, 37(136), 75-80

In this paper, we assess critically a recent publication that seeks to attribute most developments in the later prehistory of southern Africa to Indian gold-seekers. We show that the book has all the characteristics of 'cult archaeology', resurrectin... Read More about The Indian connection: an assessment of Hromnik's' Indo-Africa'.

Quantifying trends in site location with multidimensional scaling (1982)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (1982). Quantifying trends in site location with multidimensional scaling. World Archaeology, 14(1), 131-152

In this paper, I consider some of the problems of quantifying locational trends in archaeology. A review of the methods available reveals that techniques may either be limited to situations where a considerable knowledge of the nature of the site, or... Read More about Quantifying trends in site location with multidimensional scaling.