Dynamics of cereal production at tell el Ifshar, Israel during the middle bronze age

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 397-416

  Chernoff, Miriam C ^a   Paley, Samuel M ^a  

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EID: 61249507404     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: 20424582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/009346998792005289     Document Type: Article

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