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Borrowed Concepts: Reply to Davy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Robert E. Rhoades  and
David A. Phillips Jr.
Robert E. Rhoades
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
David A. Phillips Jr.
Affiliation:
Kerr Hall, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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Abstract

Although Davy has defended the ecotone concept, it remains open to question on ecological grounds. A number of weaknesses in Davy's arguments are discussed. Davy's comments are themselves an illustration of the greater problem—the abuse of concepts borrowed from ecology.

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American Antiquity , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 349 - 351
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1980

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