Representations of Birds in Minoan art

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 354-363

  Masseti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aegean; Bird depictions; Bird distributions; Bronze age; Minoan; Wall paintings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342798012     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199707/08)7:4<354::AID-OA387>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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