Reassessing the emergence of village life in the Near East

Journal of Archaeological Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-290

  Byrd, Brian F ^a  

^a Far Western Anthropological Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Natufian; Near East; Neolithic

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FOOD PRODUCTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 24144502448     PISSN: 10590161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10814-005-3107-2     Document Type: Review

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