WYSIWYG: Settlement and territoriality in southern Greece during the Early and Middle Neolithic periods

Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-189

  Cavanagh, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; NEOLITHIC; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17044435848     PISSN: 09527648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/jmea.17.2.165.65537     Document Type: Article

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