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branch of anthropology dealing with the development of cultures, as through the analysis of archaeological findings

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  • Highland Guatemala lends itself admirably to the ethnohistorical approach.
  • As a former archaeology person this tool is a useful and valuable tool in carrying out ethnohistorical research.
  • The problem is that "you can make the meager evidence from the ethnohistorical record tell you anything you want," he says.
  • Replicas of these can be seen at the site museum (the originals of most being in Ankara), along with some nice folk costumes and ethnohistorical displays.
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