Herodotus and the amazons meet the cyclops: Philology, osteoarchaeology and the Eurasian Iron Age

Archaeology and Ancient History: Breaking Down the Boundaries

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 169-184

  Murphy, Eileen M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203643716     Document Type: Chapter

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