Social Complexity as a Multi-Scalar Concept: Pottery Technologies, 'Communities of Practice' and the Bell Beaker Phenomenon

Norwegian Archaeological Review

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-163

  Kohring, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84857834480     PISSN: 00293652     EISSN: 15027678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00293652.2011.629811     Document Type: Article

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