Colonialism without colonies?: A Bronze Age case study from Akrotiri, Thera

Hesperia

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-42

  Knappett, Carl ^a   Nikolakopoulon, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Archaeological Institute of Aegean Studies   (Greece)

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EID: 58149303905     PISSN: 0018098X     EISSN: 15535622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2972/hesp.77.1.1     Document Type: Article

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