Daily practice and the organization of space at the dawn of agriculture: A case study from the near east

American Antiquity

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-422

  Kuijt, Ian ^a   Goodale, Nathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 69249194671     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000273160004868X     Document Type: Article

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