Telling stories: The mycenaean origins of the philistines

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-65

  Middleton, Guy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ASIAN IMMIGRANT; BRONZE AGE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IRON AGE; POPULATION MIGRATION; REFUGEE;

EID: 84921481488     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: 14680092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ojoa.12048     Document Type: Article

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