Social interaction at the end of the pre-pottery Neolithic B: An inter-site analysis in the Euphrates Valley

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 215-231

  Borrell, Ferran ^a   Molist, Miquel ^b  

^a Ctr de Rech Francais de Jerusalem   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 84903998420     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774314000456     Document Type: Article

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