Early metallurgy and socio-cultural complexity: Archaeological discoveries in northwest China

Social Complexity in Prehistoric Eurasia: Monuments, Metals, and Mobility

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 215-232

  Mei, Jianjun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

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EID: 79251614613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511605376.013     Document Type: Chapter

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