From metallurgy to bronze age civilizations: The synthetic theory

American Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 497-519

  Amzallag, Nissim ^a  

^a NONE   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.3764/aja.113.4.497     Document Type: Review

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