Contextualising the larnax: Tradition, innovation and regionalism in coffin use on Late Minoan II-IIIB Crete

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-197

  Preston, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; CULTURAL TRADITION; REGIONALISM; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2942667861     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2004.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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