A pastoralist manifesto: Breaking stereotypes and re-conceptualizing pastoralism in the Near Eastern Neolithic

Levant

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-174

  Makarewicz, Cheryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neolithic; Pastoral production; Pastoralism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889588606     PISSN: 00758914     EISSN: 17563801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/0075891413Z.00000000023     Document Type: Article

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