Food storage in prehistoric northern Greece: Interrogating complexity at the margins of the 'Mycenaean world'

Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-212

  Morgomenou, Despina ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronze age; Complexity; Early Iron Age; Food storage; Northern Greece

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEXITY; FOOD STORAGE; IRON AGE; PREHISTORIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 65549144089     PISSN: 09527648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/jmea.v21i2.191     Document Type: Review

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