The origins of social complexity in the southern levant: New evidence from teleilat ghassul, jordan

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 2-27

  Bourke, Stephen J ^a  

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EID: 85066171447     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/peq.2002.134.1.2     Document Type: Article

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