Ais Giorkis: An unusual early Neolithic settlement in Cyprus

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 86-103

  Simmons, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Mediterranean; Near Eastern Neolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863113768     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: 20424582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/0093469012Z.0000000009     Document Type: Article

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