Secondary cremation burials at Kavousi Vronda, Crete: Symbolic representation in mortuary practice

Hesperia

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-71

  Liston, Maria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 61949201820     PISSN: 0018098X     EISSN: 15535622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2972/hesp.76.1.57     Document Type: Article

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