People without burials? The lack of iron I burials in the central highlands of Palestine

Israel Exploration Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-48

  Kletter, Raz ^a  

^a ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

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