Archaeology and Language: Methods and Issues

A Companion to Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 52-74

  Blench, Roger ^a  

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Archaeology; Glottochronology; Linguistics; Radiocarbon; Social trends

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EID: 84889792788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470998618.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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