The Sintashta genesis the roles of climate change, warfare, and long-distance trade

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 47-73

  Anthony, David W ^a  

^a HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

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