The Neolithic in transition - How to complete a paradigm shift

Levant

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-158

  Watkins, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronology; Culture history; Epipalaeolithic; Interaction spheres; Levant; Neolithic; Neolithization; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889566645     PISSN: 00758914     EISSN: 17563801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/0075891413Z.00000000022     Document Type: Article

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