Late prehistoric mining, metallurgy, and social organization in north central Eurasia

Social Complexity in Prehistoric Eurasia: Monuments, Metals, and Mobility

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 146-167

  Hanks, Bryan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511605376.010     Document Type: Chapter

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