New directions in central Mediterranean obsidian studies

Antiquity

Volumn 71, Issue 274, 1997, Pages 1000-1006

  Tykot, Robert H ^a   Ammerman, Albert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

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EID: 0001077036     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00085896     Document Type: Article

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