The sounds of pounding: Boulder mortars and their significance to natufian burial customs

Current Anthropology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 784-812

  Rosenberg, Danny ^a   Nadel, Dani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 84914154568     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679287     Document Type: Article

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