The Balearic islands: Prehistoric colonization of the furthest Mediterranean islands from the mainland

Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 136-158

  Guerrero Ayuso, Víctor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

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