Architecture as material culture: Building form and materiality in the pre-Pottery neolithic of anatolia and levant

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 746-758

  Love, Serena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Architecture; atalh y k; Levant; Material culture; Materiality; Microartifacts; Mudbrick; Neolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888361262     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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