Socially integrative facilities and the emergence of societal complexity on the Mongolian steppe

Social Complexity in Prehistoric Eurasia: Monuments, Metals, and Mobility

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 358-377

  Houle, Jean Luc ^a  

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511605376.020     Document Type: Chapter

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