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Two cultures in the times of interdisciplinary archaeology. A response to commentators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2019

V. P. J. Arponen ,
Walter Dörfler ,
Ingo Feeser ,
Sonja Grimm ,
Daniel Groß ,
Martin Hinz ,
Daniel Knitter ,
Nils Müller-Scheeßel ,
Konrad Ott  and
Artur Ribeiro
V. P. J. Arponen*
Affiliation:
University of Kiel, SFB 1266, Leibnizstr. 3, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Walter Dörfler
Affiliation:
University of Kiel, Institute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology, Johanna-Mestorf-Str. 2–6, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Ingo Feeser
Affiliation:
University of Kiel, Institute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology, Johanna-Mestorf-Str. 2–6, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Sonja Grimm
Affiliation:
Center for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology, Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloss Gottorf, 24837 Schleswig, Germany
Daniel Groß
Affiliation:
Center for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology, Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloss Gottorf, 24837 Schleswig, Germany
Martin Hinz
Affiliation:
University of Bern, Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Prähistorische Archäologie (Ur- und Frühgeschichte) and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR), Mittelstrasse 43, 3012 Berne, Switzerland
Daniel Knitter
Affiliation:
University of Kiel, Department of Geography, Physical Geography, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Ludewig-Meyn-Str. 14, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Nils Müller-Scheeßel
Affiliation:
University of Kiel, Institute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology, Johanna-Mestorf-Str. 2–6, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Konrad Ott
Affiliation:
University of Kiel, Department of Philosophy, Leibnizstr. 6, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Artur Ribeiro
Affiliation:
University of Kiel, SFB 1266, Leibnizstr. 3, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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*Corresponding author. Email: varponen@gshdl.uni-kiel.de
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We would like to begin by thanking the journal and the commentators for their time and attention.

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Archaeological Dialogues , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , June 2019 , pp. 19 - 24
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