Ancient Greek agricultural terraces: Evidence from texts and archaeological survey

American Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 665-694

  Price, Simon ^a   Nixon, Lucia ^a  

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DOI: 10.3764/aja.109.4.665     Document Type: Article

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