Understanding hearth function: An approach from Harappa

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 287-303

  Meyer, Jonathan Cody ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnoarchaeology; Experimental archaeology; Harappa; Hearth features; Indus civilization; Palaeoethnobotany

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0442328603     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2003.0043     Document Type: Article

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