Revisiting the individual in prehistory: Idiosyncratic engraving variation and the Neolithic slate plaques of the Iberian Peninsula

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-72

  Thomas, Jonathan T ^a   McCall, Grant ^b   Lillios, Katina ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70849105309     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774309000031     Document Type: Review

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