Floor sequences in Neolithic Makri, Greece: Micromorphology reveals cycles of renovation

Antiquity

Volumn 83, Issue 322, 2009, Pages 955-967

  Karkanas, Panagiotis ^a   Efstratiou, Nikos ^b  

^a Ephoreia Palaeoanthropology S   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Community; Domestic waste; Greece; Household; Neolithic; Plaster floor; Tell

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952947488     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00099270     Document Type: Article

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