The life of buildings: Minoan building deposits in an ecological perspective

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-227

  Herva, Vesa Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BUILDING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

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

EID: 22244471702     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2005.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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