A place of burning: Hero or ancestor cult at Troy

Hesperia

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 381-429

  Aslan, Carolyn Chabot ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 80054898624     PISSN: 0018098X     EISSN: 15535622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2972/hesperia.80.3.0381     Document Type: Review

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