The iron age chronology debate: Is the gap narrowing?

Near Eastern Archaeology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-54

  Finkelstein, Israel ^a   Piasetzky, Eli ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 84861303161     PISSN: 10942076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5615/neareastarch.74.1.0050     Document Type: Review

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