The cemetery as a symbol: A reconsideration of chalcolithic burial caves in the Southern Levant

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-245

  Nativ, Assaf ^a   Gopher, Avi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 79959420919     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774311000254     Document Type: Article

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