The "rich Athenian lady" was pregnant: The anthropology of a geometric tomb reconsidered

Hesperia

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-38

  Liston, Maria A ^a   Papadopoulos, John K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 61949318285     PISSN: 0018098X     EISSN: 15535622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2972/hesp.2004.73.1.7     Document Type: Article

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