Martin Holbraad and Morten Axel Pedersen, The Ontological Turn: An Anthropological Exposition

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  • Alejandro Martín López Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Instituto de Ciencias

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https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.38835

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Martin Holbraad and Morten Axel Pedersen, The Ontological Turn: An Anthropological Exposition

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Martin Holbraad and Morten Axel Pedersen, The Ontological Turn: An Anthropological Exposition Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Paperback, 352 pp. ISBN: 9781107503946. £22.99. Hardback: ISBN: 9781107103887. £54.99. eBook ISBN: 9781316218907. US$ 28.00.

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  • Alejandro Martín López, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Instituto de Ciencias

    Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Instituto de Ciencias
    Antropológicas; Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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2019-08-15

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López, A. M. (2019). Martin Holbraad and Morten Axel Pedersen, The Ontological Turn: An Anthropological Exposition. Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 5(1), 108-115. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.38835

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