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The Neolithic of the Near East : with 164 illustrations

by James Mellaart

An examination of how the Neolithic peoples of the Near East established the foundations upon which the subsequent civilisations of Western Asia and Europe were built.

Accession 1037 ISBN 0684144840 Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons
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