Domesticating gender: Neolithic patterns from the southern Levant

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-264

  Peterson, Jane ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Figurative art; Gender; Levant; Mortuary customs; Near East; Neolithic; Osteology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954760367     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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