A bird's eye view - of a leopard's spots The Çatalhöyük ‘map’ and the development of cartographic representation in prehistory

Anatolian Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Meece, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61249304032     PISSN: 00661546     EISSN: 20480849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0066154600000727     Document Type: Article

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