Ojakly: A late bronze age mobile pastoralist site in the murghab region, Turkmenistan

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-50

  Rouse, Lynne M ^a   Cerasetti, Barbara ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceramic production; Late bronze age; Mobile pastoralism; Sedentary mobile interactions; Turkmenistan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893813197     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: 20424582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/0093469013Z.00000000073     Document Type: Article

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