New light on long-distance ties in the late neolithic/early chalcolithic near east: The chlorite vessels from hagoshrim,northern Israel

Current Anthropology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 281-293

  Rosenberg, Danny ^a   Getzov, Nimrod ^b   Assaf, Ammnon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

^c Ma'ayan Baruch Museum of Prehistory of the Hula Valley   (Israel)

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EID: 77949799718     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650562     Document Type: Article

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