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A mid-twentieth-century Anthropocene makes the Holocene more important than ever

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2016

Todd J. Braje
Todd J. Braje*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182–6040, USA (Email: tbraje@mail.sdsu.edu)
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I thank all the authors for their thoughtful responses to my paper. I believe they effectively highlight some of the diverse opinions about the concept of the Anthropocene and underscore the challenges faced by the ICS subcommission.

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Antiquity , Volume 90 , Issue 350 , April 2016 , pp. 517 - 518
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2016 

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