Early Bronze age Megiddo and Bet Shean: Discontinuous settlement in sociopolitical context

Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-32

  Greenberg, Raphael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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BRONZE AGE; POLITICAL HISTORY; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; URBAN HISTORY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0041530200     PISSN: 09527648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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