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Digging up the American consumer

What archaeologists learn from the things we’ve buried

By Gal Beckerman

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  March 03, 2012

A Q&A with Paul Mullins, professor and author of a new book, “The Archaeology of Consumer Culture,” examining what we can learn about changing consumer culture from the things we have thrown away over centuries.

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