Dance of the cranes: Crane symbolism at Çatalhöyük and beyond

Antiquity

Volumn 77, Issue 297, 2003, Pages 445-455

  Russell, Nerissa ^a   McGowan, Kevin J ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Birds; atalh y k; Neolithic; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0345149528     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00092516     Document Type: Article

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