Signs of sedentism and mobility in an agro-pastoral community during the Levantine Middle Bronze Age: Interpreting site function and occupation strategy at Zahrat adh-Dhra' 1 in Jordan

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-143

  Berelov, Ilya ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobility; Sedentism; Southern Levant; Subsistence economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644453579     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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