Deciphering Later Neolithic stamp seal imagery of Northern Mesopotamia

Documenta Praehistorica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 247-264

  Atakuman, Çiǧdem ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Neolithic; Stamp seals; Symbolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899542406     PISSN: 1408967X     EISSN: 18542492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4312/dp.40.20     Document Type: Article

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