Doorway orientation, settlement planning and cosmology in ancient Israel during Iron Age II

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-155

  Faust, Avraham ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1111/1468-0092.00127     Document Type: Article

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