Beyond the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B interaction sphere

Journal of World Prehistory

Volumn 20, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 87-126

  Asouti, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture history; Diffusion; Exchange; Neolithic; PPNB interaction sphere; Western Asia

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURAL HISTORY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; NEOLITHIC; PARADIGM SHIFT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 34248635140     PISSN: 08927537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10963-007-9008-1     Document Type: Article

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