Whale bones and shell purple-dye at Motya (Western Sicily, Italy)

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-114

  Reese, David S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WHALING;

CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 18844432185     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2005.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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