Warfare in Neolithic Thessaly: A case study

Hesperia

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-194

  Runnels, Curtis N ^a   White, Chantel ^a   Payne, Claire ^a   Wolff, Nicholas P ^a   Rifkind, Noam V ^a   LeBlanc, Steven A ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951676777     PISSN: 0018098X     EISSN: 15535622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2972/hesp.78.2.165     Document Type: Article

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