Cultural transmission in the ancient Near East: Twenty squares and fifty-eight holes

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1715-1730

  De Voogt, Alex ^a   Dunn Vaturi, Anne Elizabeth ^b   Eerkens, Jelmer W ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Antiquity; Board game; Diffusion; Egypt; Iran; Levant; Mesopotamia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING;

ANATOLIA; EGYPT; IRAN; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MESOPOTAMIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84871903943     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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