Pre-scythian ceremonialism, deer stone art, and cultural intensification in northern Mongolia

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 378-412

  Fitzhugh, William W ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511605376.021     Document Type: Chapter

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