Iron Age economy of the Inner Asian steppe: A bioarchaeological perspective from the Talgar Region in the Ili River Valley (Southeastern Kazakhstan)

Eurasia Antiqua

Volumn 9, Issue , 2003, Pages 63-84

  Benecke, Norbert ^a  

^a GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaezoology; Iron; Southeastern Kazakhstan; Talgar Region

Indexed keywords

EID: 61249154596     PISSN: 09490434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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