Waterways and the political geography of south-east cyprus in the second millennium bc

The Annual of the British School at Athens

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-136

  Brown, Michael ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85008530321     PISSN: 00682454     EISSN: 20452403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S006824541300004X     Document Type: Article

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