Pastoralism, Provisioning, and Power at Bronze Age Acemhöyük, Turkey

American Anthropologist

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 462-476

  Arbuckle, Benjamin S ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acemh y k; Anatolia, sheep and goats; Bronze Age; Pastoralism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860638460     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2012.01446.x     Document Type: Article

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