Neolithic lime plastered floors in Drakaina Cave, Kephalonia Island, Western Greece: Evidence of the significance of the site

Annual of the British School at Athens

Volumn 103, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Karkanas, Panagiotis ^a   Stratouli, Georgia ^b  

^a Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology Speleology of Southern Greece   (Greece)

^b 17th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities ^*  (Greece)

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EID: 66049140976     PISSN: 00682454     EISSN: 20452403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s006824540000006x     Document Type: Article

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