Building continuity in the Central Anatolian Neolithic: Exploring the meaning of buildings at Aşikli Höyük and Çatalhöyük

Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-29

  Düring, Bleda S ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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BUILDING;

EID: 23144441171     PISSN: 09527648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/jmea.2005.18.1.3     Document Type: Article

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