Bronze age ceramic economy: The Benta Valley, Hungary

European Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-440

  Earle, Timothy ^a   Kreiter, Attila ^b   Klehm, Carla ^c   Ferguson, Jeffrey ^d   Vicze, Magdolna ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute and Museum of Military History Budapest   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e Matrica Museum   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bronze Age; Ceramic economy; Consumption; Exchange; Market system; Production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861214675     PISSN: 14619571     EISSN: 17412722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146195711798356746     Document Type: Article

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