The archaeology of group size

Proceedings of the British Academy

Volumn 158, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Grove, Matt ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRASENOSE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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