Pastoral nomads of the 2nd and 3rd millennia A.D. on the upper Tigris River, Turkey: The Hirbemerdon Tepe survey

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-56

  Ur, Jason ^a   Hammer, Emily ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67649625785     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/009346909791071087     Document Type: Review

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