"Minding the gap" against the gaps: The early bronze age and the transition to the middle bronze age in the northern and eastern aegean/western Anatolia

American Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 569-580

  Kouka, Ourania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 84883265530     PISSN: 00029114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3764/aja.117.4.0569     Document Type: Review

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